Video: Ruling Russia by Matthew Chance
CNN’s special series on “Ruling Russia” by Matthew Chance. See more after the jump. DAXUREvcKREMLIN has a real treasure trove of Russia-related videos.
Year: 2008
Satire is the Best Political Weapon
Gary Shteyngart, the Russian-American author of the comic novels “The Russian Debuntante’s Handbook” and “Absurdistan” (and a personal favorite of mine) was recently interviewed about current events in Russia by La Va...
How Medvedev Could Carve Out His Independence
Matt Stone at The Global Buzz lists several reasons why an eventual rupture between Vladimir Putin and president-elect Dmitri Medvedev could lead to a genuine shift of power in Moscow: 1. Constitutionally and traditionally, the office of president...
Let’s Talk Carrots and Sticks
Jeffrey Mankoff of the Council on Foreign Relations has published an op/ed in the Boston Globe outlining how the United States can take advantage of the transition to Dmitri Medvedev to improve relations with Moscow – an argument that I expe...
Energy Blast, March 4, 2008
Gazprom promised western European countries they would not be affected by the latest escalation in its ongoing row with Ukraine, as it cut supplies to the country by 25%. The company RosUkrEnergo said Gazprom’s decision to reduce gas supplies by 2...
Today in Russian Business
Plans by Rostekhnologii to consolidate state-controlled stakes in nearly 250 enterprises have been opposed by First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov. Norilsk Nickel, the Russian nickel producer at the centre of a takeover battle, is the first t...
RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 4, 2008
TODAY: Opposition protesters detained; pro-Medvedev march permitted. Monitors concede that Medvedev would have “won anyway.” World leaders comment on the result. Moscow authorities have “repeatedly refused to authorize opposition marches on the gr...
Video: Henry Kissinger, David Remnick, Thomas Pickering on Charlie Rose
Charlie Rose has a discussion on Russia with some of the heavy hitters. Feels like 1985, no?
Taking On “Legal Nihilism”
Peter Finn of the Washington Post was answering questions from readers online earlier today, and fielded this one on the new administration’s policy toward the Khodorkovsky case: Harrogate, U.K.: The British Sunday Times reports that preside...
U.S. Candidates React to Russia’s Election
It is a sorry state of affairs when only one of the three leading U.S. presidential candidates issues a statement on the controversial Russian elections. After the jump is Sen. Hillary Clinton’s press release. Sen. Barack Obama has only brie...