RFE/RF has an interesting analytical piece about a letter sent from Sergei Kovalyov, a much respected human rights activist, to Vladimir Putin before the March 2 presidential elections. Kovalyov’s letter is worth reading, as it rises above m...
Grigory Pasko has posted some dystopic tales of his experiences in Russia’s healthcare system, and as we know from the medical blackmail of Vasily Alexanyan, the government has some serious problems to address in this policy area. Alex Rodri...
There is increasing chatter about the Reuters report that Yuri Petrov, a close ally of Dmitri Medvedev, has been nominated to the board of Rosneft, marking the latest blow in the so-called clan wars. Petrov formerly headed up Russia’s Federa...
Did that headline get your attention? Me too, and we’re not talking about a scene from Eastern Promises … The Times has another Ed Lucas book review today by the historian Robert Service, which argues that this “firecracker”...
“Shaving into a soldier” – a method from two centuries ago But it doesn’t scare the young oppositioneers of Russia Part 1 By Grigory Pasko, journalist Oleg Kozlovsky is the leader of the youth Russian movement «Oborona». On the «Oborona» website, ...
This Wall Street Journal editorial pretty much nails it on the recent 5,000 page State Dept. report on human rights: The accuracy of the data can be gauged by the reactions it provoked. State described China’s human rights record as “p...
Justice shouldn’t wear a military uniform By Grigory Pasko, journalist Recently the government of Russia introduced to the State Duma a new draft law which proposes to fundamentally change the Law “On the military courts of the RF”. Judges of mili...
Here’s an interesting one from TOL, which argues that Russia is still not content with its economic expansion: Questions remain, however, whether Russian companies are content with their current success. Even with Vladimir Putin lashing out ...
Former electricity monopoly United Energy System is to conclude more than $2 billion in share sales for three of its power producers today. Enel, which is building a strong presence in Russia’s energy sector, plans to invest more than €2bn ($3.1bn...
Read a special report on Norilsk Nickel at The Economist. The company has invited BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest mining company, to explore the largest untapped nickel deposit in Russia, after winning the rights for it at an auction.Micro...
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