It would be a lot easier to agree with some of John Bolton’s views on the U.S.-Russia relationship for the next president had he not said such foolish things in the past. Nevertheless, he makes a good point: A truly rational Russia policy ha...
Yulia Latynina at the Moscow Times points out that the Kremlin’s preferred apparatus for stealing private property is changing: The market economy is remarkable, but not because it prevents people from making mistakes. People do make mistake...
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Kremlin’s oligarch rescue plan is being fully deployed with the first major bailout of an individual, as $2 billion was tossed to Mikhail Fridman to pay back a loan from Deutsche Bank AG, allowin...
Please visit the Svetlana Bakhmina site to sign this petition, which will be sent to President Dmitry Medvedev. You can read more about Svetlana’s case here and here. Below is the text of the letter: Dear Mr. President, Please attend to the ...
Although he used to wear the number 68 to commemorate Prague Spring, former NHL star slash advocate for Russia’s new ice hockey league, Jaromir Jagr, has changed his tune. This comes from the New York Times via AOL Fanhouse: “Here, it&...
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao have signed a ‘much-delayed’ agreement under which Transneft will supply China with oil via a new section of its ESPO pipeline. A new report from the International Energy Agency shows th...
As part of a number of significant new financial agreements, China could lend Russian companies $20-30 billion. Silver miner Polymetal is having trouble keeping up with the demands of the financial crisis, although Russian imports are apparently n...
TODAY: EU to resume Russia discussions; Britain ready to open relations with Russia once again; Russian passports in Ukraine?; Medvedev responds to US sanctions. The result of an EU delegation meeting with Russian foreign ministers is that the EU ...
RIA Novosti and TASS are both reporting that a jury at the Moscow City Court has reached a guilty verdict for the former businessman and banker Alexei Frenkel, who stands accused of organizing the murder of central banker and money laundering crus...
La Russophobe has posted a translation of a very, very good column by Yuliya Latynina in Novaya Gazeta about the fifth anniversary of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s arrest. Latynina poignantly argues “The people surrounding president Putin wer...
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