Over the past week an unprecedented level of attention has been received by my YouTube channel, where for several months we have hosted a powerful video documenting torture and abuse of prisoners in Yekaterinburg. For more than 60 days, the contro...
The FT is reporting today on the tough road ahead for Dmitri Medvedev to accomplish his boldly reformist agenda: “We’ve tried to do this all before. A great deal was not implemented. Instead, they carried out completely different tasks...
U.S. Presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain had some strong words in reaction to Putin’s annual five-hour press junket yesterday: “I think that Mr. Putin is trying to restore the old Russian empire. Obviously he is perpetuating himself ...
How young can a child be before the state begins to incorporate them in political indoctrination programs? Well in Russia, it seems that age has dropped down to just seven. Everyone is well aware of the Nashi’s activities organized by the st...
This one comes from the FT: “One of the key elements of our work in the next four years will be ensuring the independence of the legal system from the executive and legislative branches of power,” he said in a speech addressing business leaders ga...
What is a president to do with all the troublesome despots of the world like Hugo Chavez and Vladimir Putin? Freeze them out and refuse to engage, like President George Bush has done with the governments of Iran and Syria? Or set up regular diplom...
An oil deposit, which Russian state-controlled crude producer Rosneft is developing in East Siberia, will produce cheaper oil than Saudi crude. The company has dropped plans to sell convertible bonds to refinance debt, and says it will increase ou...
“Russia’s relations with the West, however difficult, have never been more intimate. What passes for the rule of law in Russia makes Westerners blench, yet business thrives.” For the first time this year, the Central Bank of Russia has annou...
TODAY: Medvedev sets out his program; Russia could join WTO this year. Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin press conference dominates the news. Duma to extend presidential term? Dmitry Medvedev has set out his program, pinpointing “freedom, private property ...
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