The Russian stock market has hit a two-year low on the back of conflict in Georgia. “Some saw the slide toward war as a good excuse to dump Russian risk altogether.” Georgia has been praised by foreign investors, “who contrasted its efforts to rea...
TODAY: Russia attacks central Georgia after calls for a ceasefire; US condemns situation; Cuba backs Russia; Georgia being punished for Western aspirations?; media reports show discrepancies; ballerinas and Lake Baikal. The embracing of two female...
Quentin Peel’s new column in the Financial Times highlights a very important point made by Carl Bilt, the foreign minister of Sweden: But what can Georgia’s friends and allies do about it? Mr Putin is calling their bluff. George W. Bush, the...
Here are just a few things that are worth reading about the Russian-Georgian war on this Sunday. Some of the arguments are compelling, and others are just simply preposterous. Hopefully you can be the judge of that. Surely I have missed some good ...
Soon I am going to post a list of links to various commentary on the Russian invasion of Georgia, but given that so much of the coverage is vastly inaccurate, perhaps these photos do the best job of communicating the terrible developments happenin...
Russian heavy armoured vehicles in the Ardon Valley, Russia, prepare to invade Georgian territory on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. (Associated Press) I basically agree with the FT’s editorial on the unfurling Russian-Georgian war. Russia has long ...
This exclusive translation comes from Nezavisimaya Gazeta: There will be no standoff In Russia most likely the state structure will change 2008-08-07 / Olga Viktorovna Kryshtanovskaya – doctor of sociological sciences, head of the Center for the s...
Prelude to Chernobyl On 10 August of this year, 23 years will have passed from the day of a tragedy that took place at the shipyards of the Pacific Fleet in the south of Primorsky Kray. By Grigory Pasko, journalist On 10 August of the year 1985, t...
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