Year: 2008

September 29, 2008

What McCain and Obama Forget about Kissinger

Henry Kissinger is beginning to remind me of one of those perennial Latin American dictators – like Argentina’s Juan Peron returning from exile for an ill-fated third term, the former secretary of state seems to keep coming back, again...
September 29, 2008

Grigory Pasko: Adventures in Russian Marketing

Free cheese or Marketing, Russian style Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. This morning I got a phone call at home from Galina Starozhilova, an employee of the municipality of ...
September 29, 2008

Video: Russia’s Cuba-ization of Venezuela

As may be expected, Fox News has gleefully teed off with all the recent Russia-Venezuela military-oil-nuclear stories to produce some scary news segments, which seem to make the mistake of assuming that Hugo Chavez ever needed Russia’s help ...
September 29, 2008

Having it Both Ways

It looks like Rice and Lavrov “agree” on something… From Condoleezza Rice’s article in Gazeta Wyborcza: Finally, the United States and Europe will not allow Russia’s leaders to have it both ways – drawing benefi...
September 29, 2008

Condi Rice’s Message for Poland

Last week I read a number of news articles which made reference to an important op/ed published in the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. I have finally tracked down a full translation of the piece, which urge...
September 29, 2008

Protectionism in Russia’s Strategic Sectors

The Moscow Times is running a column by Glenn Kolleeny and Randy Bregman of Salans which argues that Russia’s Law on Foreign Investment in Strategic Companies reaches far beyond its legitimate purpose to protect certain industries from forei...
September 29, 2008

The Arsonists of Chechnya

Another horrifying dispatch from the New York Times about the war the world would rather forget: In a campaign to punish families with sons suspected of supporting the insurgency, at least a dozen homes have been set ablaze since midsummer, reside...
September 29, 2008

Energy Blast – Sept 29, 2008

In a surprise move, Russia has backed a new United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Tehran’s nuclear program. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has signed a deal granting five major Russian energy companies access to Venezuelan oil, a...
September 29, 2008

Today in Russian Business – Sept 29, 2008

The London Stock Exchange has gained on last week’s suspension of the MICEX. The Russian stock market is undergoing a reshuffle at its highest level. Oleg Deripaska wants London’s High Court to dismiss a multibillion-dollar lawsuit filed aga...
September 29, 2008

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 29, 2008

TODAY: Russia to overhaul its army; Lavrov calls for international solidarity on terrorism; Union of Right Forces may disband over Kremlin row; Rice says Russia shouldn’t have a veto for Nato. President Dmitry Medvedev has announced an overhaul of...