Alisher Usmanov has abandoned plans to take control of Kazakhmys through a reverse takeover “amid concerns over the opacity of his business affairs,” and is searching for another way of merging. Russian industrial production rose last month at the...
TODAY: Medvedev grants Putin foreign policy implementation rights, admits Russia has no independent judiciary; Khodorkovsky to seek parole?; 90th anniversary of Czar Nicholas II’s death; NATO calls Russia over Georgia. This week’s hardline foreign...
There’s an interesting letter to the editor in the Washington Post today from two former Ambassadors disputing Henry Kissinger’s recent article. Garry Kasparov has also recently clashed with Kissinger, whose renewed interest in the Rus...
Russia insists that its oil supply cuts to the Czech Republic are related to technical, rather than “political” reasons, despite fears that it is trying to punish the Czechs for their role in the US missile defense shield. But it appears we’ve hea...
In the first meeting of its kind, Dmitry Medvedev has spoken to Russian ambassadors about his stance on foreign policy, focusing mostly on US plans for a missile defense shield in the Czech Republic. Russia Today, of course, does not tell us anyth...
Russia is receiving a battering in the press over its refusal to support new sanctions on Zimbabwe. An article in today’s International Herald Tribune provides a couple of possible reasons for this refusal. Despite the shift in public image, the a...
The Czech Republic is reportedly suspicious of Russia’s claims that oil supplies have dropped due to technical reasons. There is speculation that the cut is a “punishment” for Czech involvement in US missile defense plans. “Up to date, Russia has ...
Saudi Arabia has offered to award major arms contracts to Russia in return for Moscow curtailing cooperation with Iran. President Dmitry Medvedev has approved the transfer of the state’s assets in 426 companies to Russian Technologies despit...
TODAY: Georgian president urges West to intervene on potential Russia conflict; Russia sends warships into Arctic waters, swaps Tajik debt for space-tracking system, seeks delay in action against Sudanese president; Name of Russia vote. Georgia’s ...
I have just finished reading the spectacular book “Judging Russia: Constitutional Court in Russian politics, 1990–2006” by Alexei Trochev, and wanted to take the opportunity to recommend that all those with an interest in Russia’...
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