Yuliya Latynina on the Fifth Anniversary of Khodorkovsky’s Arrest

By James Kimer | Published: October 28, 2008

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 were not taught how to manage businesses. The people around president Putin were not taught how to run a country. They […]

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Video: Remembering Nord Ost

By James Kimer | Published:

October 24th marked the sixth anniversary of the Nord Ost theater hostage.

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Pundit Ping Pong on Russia

By James Kimer | Published:

We often pointed out the amusing foibles of those who attempt to inject Russia issues into the U.S. partisan debate. Sometimes it seems that liberals find themselves cowed into a defensive posture, praising the public benefits of Putinist authoritarianism, while other times it’s the far right which can barely hide its envy and admiration for […]

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Grigory Pasko in Tagesspiegel

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The following is a translation of an opinion column by Grigory Pasko published in the German newspaper Tagesspiegel. Joyful Books, Sad Truths By Grigory Pasko There is a funny book in Russia, the Russian Federation’s penal code. It is funny because it is so far removed from reality that it is impossible to read without […]

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Barclays at the Kremlin’s Door

By Robert Amsterdam | Published:

Today the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the British bank Barclays is looking to raise some $10 billion in capital from Kremlin-controlled banks Sberbank and VTB. The bank has studiously avoided any government bailout plan in the UK, which could result in restrictions on dividend payments and state influence over board seats. However it […]

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Iran and Russian Interest

By James Kimer | Published:

The attentive reader may recall that Sergei Lavrov got a little bit prickly in response to U.S. sanctions on the state arms exporter Rosoboronexport. During yesterday’s press debriefing at the State Department, one journalist got a brief response out of Sean McCormack, which shows that the U.S. is getting bit annoyed with Russia’s insistence that […]

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Energy Blast – Oct 28, 2008

By Citizen M | Published:

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Wen Jiabao, his Chinese counterpart, will meet today to discuss the details of a potential oil export deal, which could see China offering Russia a $25 billion loan. Vietnam, meanwhile, has signed an oil exploration deal with Gazprom. The UK’s BG Group has agreed to buy Australia’s Queensland Gas Company […]

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Today in Russian Business – Oct 28, 2008

By Citizen M | Published:

‘Russia and metal stocks are toxic.’ Will the Russian film industry, amid rising production costs, survive the credit crunch? Major airline Krasnoyarsk Airlines has all but ceased operations due to debt issues. The Kremlin will bail out Russia’s construction companies by buying over $5 billion worth of new apartments, and says it is keeping careful […]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 28, 2008

By Citizen M | Published:

TODAY: French police conclude Moskalenko poisoning was ‘an accident’; Russia criticizes US over Syrian attack, offers Cuba support; Saakashvili dismisses PM; British MP admits it was a ‘mistake’ to meet Deripaska; youth groups, internet firewalls. French investigators have reportedly concluded that mercury found in the car of Karinna Moskalenko, former lawyer to Anna Politkovskaya and […]

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Grigory Pasko: Interview with Zakhar Prilepin

By Grigory Pasko | Published: October 27, 2008

Talk of a writer with a lieutenant-colonel Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. In the writer Zakhar Prilepin’s essay “Поедем на авто, несогласный?” [“Shall we take a drive, dissident?”] (the book “Я пришел из России” [“I came from Russia”], Limbus Press, the year 2008) is described […]

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