Faces of the Opposition: Olga Galkina
The latest installment of Grigory Pasko’s Faces of the Opposition series features Olga Galkina of Yabloko. See our YouTube channel for much more.
Month: January 2008
Audio: Robert Amsterdam Interview with Focus 580
Here is an audio recording of radio interview by Focus 580 with David Inge (WILL-AM radio) with Robert Amsterdam about the Yukos and Khodorkovsky cases, as well as a discussion of other contemporary Russia issues during his visit to the University...
The Russian Monopoly Checklist
Russia’s state monopoly over mainstream media? Check. Party politics? Check. Utilities? Check. Natural gas? Check. All pipeline exports? Check. Oil? Check – thanks to what was stolen from Yukos, of course. Arms? Check. Space technology...
More Problems and Solutions
A few days ago I blogged about how many problems involving the Russian government are requiring some strange solutions. A few more examples come to mind… Problem – Russia says your country’s meat is unsafe and bans its import. So...
Nord Stream: Poisonous Brew for the Baltic Sea
We have written many times in the past about the challenge to European energy security posed by Gazprom’s Nord Stream pipeline project, and our correspondent Grigory Pasko has actually traveled along the entire route of the pipeline for an e...
Access to AIDS Treatment in Russian Prisons
The Moscow Times offers an important and timely article today about the difficult access to AIDS treatment for prisoners held in state custody. The article notes that according to Russian law, a person diagnosed with serious health problems should...
Vedomosti’s Man of the Week
The following op/ed about Vasily Alexanyan (or Alexanian, Aleksanyan if you prefer), was translated from Monday’s Vedomosti. The author argues that even under Joseph Stalin, the Russian government at least provided medical care to sick zeks....
Rice’s Hit and Run on Russia at Davos
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is making some news for her comments on Russia at the World Economic Forum at Davos. As the conference organizers are at great pains to make everyone get along and sound civilized, usually most tough questi...
Energy Blast, Jan. 24, 2008
Russian state Development Bank, also known as VEB, will lend $2 billion to state oil firm Rosneft to help it modernise the Tuapse refinery on the Black Sea. China Oilfield Services says the Russian government has blocked its bid for an oil-well dr...
RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan. 24, 2008
TODAY: Zyuganov won’t pull out of the presidential race, although Medvedev looks set for an overwhelming victory. Lavrov speaks out on international disputes. NATO-Russia summit to go ahead in April. Kremlin wants Russian GPS system to rival the U...
