The 6th Russian-Norwegian oil and gas conference on issues of the two countries’ partnership in developing the shelf will begin its work in Kaliningrad this week. The prime minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, has demanded that Gazprom deal dire...
A new report by a Russian institute says that Russian industry is feeling the shortage of equipment and manpower. French carmaker Peugeot Citroen will sign an agreement to build an assembly plant at Kaluga in Russia. The size of the pension and mu...
TODAY: Gorbachev criticizes Putin and electoral system. Russia to limit foreign election monitors. Mogilevich to be charged this week. Russia unveils new military uniform. Following the rejection of Mikhail Kasyanov as a presidential candidate, Mi...
How pressure on PwC and a dying prisoner serve state interests One of the most important and essential characteristics of a well organized Soviet-style show trial is a categorical unwillingness on behalf of third parties to participate in or assis...
Today we are pleased and honored to have been included as one of Siberian Light’s top Russia blogs. Andy Young has been doing a terrific and even-handed job over there at SL, and I am a frequent reader. Other blogs to get Andy’s nod in...
It appears that Russneft, the thriving private oil company seized from Mikhail Gutseriyev by the Kremlin, is one step closer to being passed into the hands of Oleg Deripaska’s Basic Element. The Moscow Times reports today that the company ha...
[Editor’s note: We continue our publication of a series of articles from our correspondent Grigory Pasko – his prison sketches. In our opinion, the things Grigory is writing about from his own experience in the GULag are just as applicable to toda...
Below is an exclusive translation of an frightening/amusing article from Vedomosti on the perpetual power fantasies of Sergey Mironov, who hopes to see no changes in leadership for decades. Vladimir Putin will be able to rule Russia until the year...
The new book about spy defector Sergei Tretyakov and his various interviews divulging Russia’s state secrets is causing quite the political tornado. RA plans to post a review of the book when time permits, but so far some people are already ...
An interesting article by Parag Khanna of the New America Foundation in the New York Times Magazine sets forth a bold new geopolitical vision which sees America’s influence waning, and the rise of a new power troika of the U.S., Europe, and ...
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