Wow, Oleg Deripaska is having a rough month. First, the Kremlin’s military adventures in Georgia and playful Cold War confrontation games with the West cost him (and many other oligarchs) several billion, causing him to lose his treasured st...
Whenever a financial crisis happens, it is both natural and unfortunate that politicians go after the minister of economy (just take a look at the rapidly shifting hero to villain status of Germany’s Peer Steinbrück). In the case of Russia, ...
Contrary to popular belief, Vladimir Putin’s favorite birthday present was not the death of a journalist this year, but rather a tiger cub. That said, he is rather fond of shooting them… From the Associated Press: State television show...
What exactly is Russia up to in the Arctic? Ukraine is reportedly seeking a role in completing the Arab Gas Pipeline intended for natural gas deliveries from Egypt to Europe. Russia’s oil industry may struggle to develop its offshore hydrocarbon r...
The stock markets have gained back some of their losses after a surprise reopening, with sharp rises on both the MICEX and the RTS causing temporary trading suspensions. Traders have complained of the markets keeping ‘erratic’ hours. ‘Cynical spec...
TODAY: Agrarian Party to join United Russia; Amnesty International says South Ossetia was ‘torched’; Russia to be rewarded, or suspended? Weapons debates heat up over Iran and Venezuela. Lavrov suspects foul play between UN and Nato. Ukraine bans ...
We’ve translated this interesting article from the German daily Die Welt. The original article can also be read on our German blog here. The Putin Machine The secret service man made sure that the lid was put back on after the time of Glasno...
Below is a new article authored by Robert Amsterdam in the latest edition Energy Risk on the East-West tug-of-war going on in Turkey over critical supply routes, and how the energy diplomacy game has been affected by the war in Georgia. RA has wri...
The Dealbook blog of the New York Times asks the question: At what point is a stock market no longer a functioning stock market? Every day this week, regulators have had to halt trading on Russia’s main bourses, the world’s hardest-hit stock marke...
Leave it to the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal to put Dmitry Medvedev on par with Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his Evian speech. Like the overly sensitive victim of a schoolyard bully, the more Washington reacts to overt ant...
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