The BBC reports that Russia’s economy, especially the construction and real estate sector, is grinding to a halt… But below Prime Minister Putin continues to insist that everything is peachy. RA has commented that the word “crisi...
The New York Review of Books has published a review of the film Letter to Anna: The Story of Journalist Politkovskaya’s Death, written by Amy Knight. You can order a copy of the DVD of this documentary here. The trailer is here. By the time of Cha...
Today Diane Francis writes about Robert Amsterdam’s work in Singapore defending Dr. Chee Soon Juan. Fortunately, a team of lawyers, led by Canadian law firm Amsterdam & Peroff in Toronto, has been set up in order to help Dr. Chee defend...
One of the benefits of the global financial crisis, if we allow ourselves to look for such a token silver linings, is that a number of major flaws and vulnerabilities of the world’s financial and political systems are being exposed for exami...
I have been obsessed with this news about Vasily Alexanyan today, and the subsequent censorship and intervention by some propaganda department within the Kremlin. As if the horrific fate of Alexanyan is not enough to bring back memories of the USS...
This is starting to get scary. Like we said months ago, keep your eye on the Russian currency as the bellwether of her political environment. From the Associated Press: The ruble has declined steadily since the Aug. 7 start of the five-day war wit...
While we were the first ones to say that the Kremlin’s preferred candidate for the U.S. presidency was Sen. John McCain, this story is just ridiculous, prompting the Russian Mission to the UN to issue a statement reminding the world “t...
I was both appalled and amazed this morning when a friend pointed me over to the Interfax news website, where I saw on the front homepage, along with prominent photo, the following headline: “Court Rules to Extend Detention for Former Yukos ...
Seeing George W. Bush discuss U.S.-Russia relations, with his increasing frustration over the media’s incomprehension, reminds us that there is probably no one who more eagerly awaits the end of his term than George himself. Listening to thi...
Yesterday Bob blogged about the strangely taboo topic of talking about the economic crisis in Russia’s state-owned media, and the sense of surreal opacity and rumors it has generated. Today there’s a nice piece over on Eurasia Daily Mo...
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