On this blog we have followed very carefully the ups and downs of the clan wars, which has pitted a group of hardline siloviki led by Igor Sechin against a collection of other groups within the Kremlin power structure. Earlier this fall, the econo...
The following is an exclusive translation from the French newspaper Liberation about the story of Yukos lawyer Svetlana Bakhmina. Also see recent pieces by Yulia Latynina and Mark Franchetti. You can sign a petition to support her release here. Sv...
From the always acerbic pen of Yulia Latynina: And now we have the third wave of opposition to open society. It is coming from quasi-totalitarian countries such as Venezuela, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Libya and Russia. They are so wealthy from ...
Capital flight is becoming a very big problem in Russia these days, and has sparked some very high level intervention and official warnings. This bit comes from the Wall Street Journal MarketBeat blog: Officials in the country, in an attempt to de...
The RBK Daily website offers the following item in its Finances section, of all places. For those of our readers who are unfamiliar with the term “SIZO”, it means “Investigative Isolator”. This is a Russian pre-trial detention facility where innoc...
Vladimir Putin has tried to reassure consumers by insisting that his praise of relations with Egypt does not hail the creation of an energy cartel, although Russia is meeting with Iran and Qatar today to discuss mutual natural gas interests. Putin...
The central bank’s decision to let the ruble fall has forced it to raise interest rates to 12% to prevent the currency’s complete collapse. The allocation of government funds in liquidity-boosting loans will be overseen by a group of specially-app...
TODAY: Medvedev legislation to extend presidential term paves way for Putin’s return; Rogozin outlines new EU security plans; more speculation over Georgia in light of renewed EU-Russia relations; G20, Cuba, WW1. As expected, and as outlined in hi...
…And 70,000 “Enemies of the People” Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. On the internet you can find even today a list of enemies of the Russian people. I writ...
I think Alexander Golts has got this right: What motivated Medvedev to surprise the world with his Iskander card? Most probably, he was determined to complicate and aggravate Russia’s already tense relationship with the United States as much...
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