TODAY: Putin pledges South American support, Russia offers $1 billion loan to Venezuela; former Soviet states urge UN and Nato vigilance, tensions continue on both sides; Ukraine could charge Russia for use of Black Sea port; Communists displeased...
A few days ago we ran a translation of an important article from Nezavisimaya Gazeta about a shift in the Russian government’s attitude to relations with the West. Then today, this from the Financial Times: Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday unleas...
[Editor’s note: Andrei Novikov is a Russian journalist, who at one point was subjected to involuntary psychiatric confinement after publishing articles critical of local government. His case first rose to international attention on this blog...
Not the right look Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. Once upon a time, back in the days when I was a military journalist, on one of the ships of the Pacific Fleet I observed t...
Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili goes on Fox News Channel for an interview Neil Cavuto, and quickly finds himself pressed up against a wall to declare his preference for the Republican ticket over the Democratic. Doesn’t Cavuto ...
A couple interesting pieces out there today on the Russian market jitters and what the falling price of oil is exposing. First, from CFR.org: In fact, the 2008 crisis bears several similarities to the economic breakdown that unfolded almost exactl...
In this speech Sen. Joe Biden talks about Barack Obama’s instincts on Russia, emphasizing the importance of a strong alliance with Europe to counter Russian aggression in its near abroad. Biden also raises the issue of decreasing Europe̵...
One would think that Azeri President Ilham Aliyev would be pretty pleased to receive Vice President Dick Cheney’s official delegation a few weeks ago – it was after all the highest ranking U.S. politician to ever visit the country. How...
In case anybody forgot what the Ukraine, Poland, and the Baltics think about the Russian invasion of Georgia, there was a strong reminder this week at the UNGA: Victor A. Yushchenko, the president of Ukraine, told the General Assembly that his cou...
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