Doublespeak is not a uniquely Russian characteristic, but when they do it, it is pulled off with artistry and aplomb. Emblematic of the country’s icon of the double-headed eagle, everyone from a citizen to a tourist to an investor is bound t...
As the long-awaited natural gas price liberalization slowly begins to take hold in Russia, numerous funds and investors are eagerly waiting to throw money into production – and not necessarily just at Gazprom (new independent producers are l...
Dmitry Sidorov, the Washington D.C. Bureau Chief of Kommersant, has a new article in FrontPage Magazine which perpetuates the myth as Putin-as-all-powerful-czar, a depiction that Bob has frequently disagreed with. Rather than the “czar narra...
There’s a new essay in Foreign Affairs on the Beijing Olympics, which although were sought after by government officials to bring international prestige to China, and celebrate her recent economic achievements. One bureaucrat told the author...
Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, who oversees the energy sector, announced that he saw the row over TNK-BP “moving towards a resolution”, but the weekend saw further troubles for the company, with Moscow prosecutors accusing the company of viola...
At a White House meeting, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin praised Deutsche Bank‘s operations in Russia, fuelling speculation that “Russian tycoons are building a stake in the bank.” President Dmitry Medvedev said about half of the textiles sol...
TODAY: Yavlinsky leaves Yabloko; human rights group condemns Russia; US missile defense shield delayed; Medvedev in Belarus; regional heads election debate continues. Grigory Yavlinsky has stepped down from his 15-year post as leader of the Yablok...
Here is a book review I wrote for the New York Post. The “house style” and headline choices are quite painful for me, but beyond my control – bear with us here. STRONG MEDICINE By ROBERT AMSTERDAM June 22, 2008 Putin’s Laby...
[Here on this blog, I try when I can to bring in as many Russian voices as possible, whether it is our anonymous polittechnologist, Grigory Pasko, Stanislav Markelov, Lev Ponomarev, Oleg Kozlovsky, or one of the many others. Toward this end, today...
We’re big fans of the Swiss blog Krusenstern, and we’re pleased to congratulate its writer Jürg Vollmer on winning the Swiss-Russian Journalist Award 2008 – the first time a blogger has received this reward. Read more about it he...
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