By now, readers have no doubt heard about how the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia has been inviting Russian employees of the beleaguered British Council to come down to the station for a little talk late at night. Naturally, the evil West...
The former PM and opposition candidate Mikhail Kasyanov has been accused by the authorities of forging signatures in his registration forms for candidacy in the presidential elections. With Kasyanov removed from elections, then the shoe-in success...
Here is an interesting bit of conversation from a Financial Times round table transcript about the World Economic Forum at Davos. During last year’s session, Russia’s president-to-be made his international debut before the global busin...
TODAY: Medvedev publishes income declaration. Putin and Medvedev could “take turns” to run Russia. Kasyanov’s chief campaigner is detained. Pensions and public sector wages could be raised. Russia weighs in on Israel-Palestine conflict. Dmitry Med...
Russia and China, both commercial partners of Iran, are continuing to resist punitive measures that Washington wants to inflict, for example on Iranian state banks, in relation to suspicions regarding Iran’s potential nuclear programme. Russia has...
Will the predicted frenzy for IPOs by Russian companies this year find investor support? Golden Telecom, the fixed-line phone and Internet provider being bought by VimpelCom for $4.3 billion, forecast annual sales of $3 billion by 2012. Falling sh...
Below is the latest installment of Grigory Pasko’s online video series, Faces of the Opposition. Visit our YouTube channel to see more interviews with leaders of the Russian political opposition. This interview features Xenia Vakhrusheva, an...
Life Behind Bars – Part 1 By Grigory Pasko, journalist Now, when the prison and camp population of Russia is once again approaching a million (see note below), we need to realize that this number points only to the quantity of persons alread...
The FSB just wants the snooty British to be friends. That seems to be the message of this article from the Grani.ru website, which we offer below in an exclusive translation. Well, actually, it’s not just friendship the chekists crave –...
Below is a video clip of comments made by former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Thomas Pickering about the future of the relationship back in November, 2007.
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