The New York Times is reporting today on a curious development in Russian energy trading. The news is that Russia has been “quietly preparing” to switch its trading in Russian Ural Blend oil, its primary export, from the dollar to the ruble. Oil t...
Another gas row. Gazprom has, for the second time, threatened to cut fuel supplies to Ukraine, with a deadline of March 3, if an accord on the repayment of debt isn’t signed. The new conflict is reportedly due to delays with the original deb...
Power to allow foreign investors to buy Russian companies will no longer belong to the Federal Security Service, but will be transferred to the prime minister, with the amendment to be approved by President Vladimir Putin – the next prime mi...
TODAY: Election run-up sparks various media debates on Dmitry Medvedev’s future and the legacy of Vladimir Putin. Russian authorities make special efforts to ensure strong voter turnout. Czech prime minister supports US missile defense radar. Hill...
Below is our exclusive translation of an important opinion article by Sonja Margolina published in the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag. The original article can be found here and on our German blog. What We Can Learn from the Kremlin’s Prisoners ...
Once again Hungary sides with Russia to the detriment of European energy security by backing a politically divisive pipeline. I wouldn’t be so sure that Gazprom doesn’t have some deals brewing with Austria to keep this positive tension...
An interesting article about the intrepid economist Ben Olken brings to mind many questions about how the assassination of Anna Politkovskaya fails or succeeds in changing Russia: Olken wonders whether economic development and the path to democra...
Building bridges — and pipelines — with Tehran should be a strategic priority for the EU By Derek Brower, journalist ONE COUNTRY holds the key in the EU’s battle to secure alternative and secure sources of energy: Iran. With over...
Joshua Keating of FP Passport is amused by the recent leak of the video showing Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Andrei Bogdanov’s campaign manager getting into some on-air fisticuffs which erupted during a debate. Keating remarks that “Of cou...
Today Amnesty International has released a new report entitled “Freedom Limited. The right to freedom of expression in the Russian Federation,” which investigates how the Kremlin interprets and utilizes vague legislation to restrict ri...
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