Video: Russia’s “Art” of Diplomacy
Here’s a Reuters news clip on Russia’s art loan fiasco with the United Kingdom, which this weekend was unexpectedly reversed. Matisse lovers in London can breathe a sigh of relief.
Month: December 2007
The Russo-Iranian Energy Pact
Writing on Japan Focus, M K Bhadrakumar points out the patently clear quid pro quo going on between Russia and Iran in energy and geopolitics. Extensive high quality analysis after the cut. In fact, how Moscow proceeds with the reconfiguration of ...
Russia Wins Over India
You’d never say that the Kremlin doesn’t know how to win friends and influence people, as this latest nuclear gesture toward Delhi indicates: Russia’s willingness to sign a nuclear agreement with India, without waiting for internationa...
Uzbekistan Imitates Russia, or Russia Imitates Uzbekistan?
Outdoing even Russia, the authoritarian Central Asian country of Uzbekistan seem to have no problem ignoring its constitution when it comes to keeping the top boss in office: two-time president Islam Karimov, who has had both his terms in office e...
McFaul and Stoner-Weiss on the Russian Myth
A timely paper by Stanford University professors Michael McFaul and Kathryn Stoner-Weiss has just been published in the January/February 2008 edition of Foreign Affairs. The article’s title says it all: “The Myth of the Authoritarian Model: How Pu...
Polittechnologist: Ahmadinejad is Better than Putin
Ahmadinejad is Better than Putin By the Polittechnologist It being Christmastime, I would have liked to write about something pleasant. For example, about good people. Today, I’ve got three candidates – Hitler, Putin, and the current president of ...
Video: Andrey Novikov Requests Political Asylum
Yesterday I had an interview with the journalist Andrey Novikov, who since last February has been held against his will in psychiatric confinement on a spurious charge of “publicly inciting constitutional change by means of force.” Pre...
Youth Movement Leader in Russia Conscripted to Army
Our correspondent in Russia, Grigory Pasko, has been following a tragic story that has been unfolding in Moscow. On December 20, police came to the home of opposition activist and “Oborona” leader Oleg Kozlovsky and forcibly took him t...
Today in Russian Business
(We are also considering a new daily round up feature of all the best in business news for Russia and the surrounding regions. Bear with us as we work out the kinks! – Editors) Toyota Motor; Rosbank; VimpelCom; Bank Rossiya; Sberbank Japanes...
Energy Blast, Dec. 21, 2007
(Here goes our first test of a new daily feature summarizing what’s new in the energy sector. Bear with us while we make some adjustments to the format and style. As always, let us know your thoughts. Cheers! – Editors) Russian Energy ...