The world’s leading economies are too distracted with global financial problems to worry about punishing Russia over Georgia, according to Russia’s Deputy Finance Minister. Agribusiness company Razgulay plans to invest $690 million this year...
TODAY: Medvedev agrees troop pullout with Sarkozy, Russia to formally establish diplomatic relations with breakaway regions; Georgian conflict causes split in Ukraine’s government; what is the relationship between Nato and Russia? South Park deeme...
As the West grapples with how to respond to the Georgian crisis, one policy most likely to yield results, as part of any strategy, is that of disaggregation. This means finding ways to punish those in Russia responsible for pushing the Kremlin int...
You’ve got to be kidding me. From the Telegraph: Bad French prolongs Russia-Georgia conflict The conflict between Russia and Georgia has been worsened by badly-translated French, France’s foreign minister has admitted on the eve of cru...
Ed Lucas thinks that the timing of Russia’s move to seize control of its former spheres of influence was brilliantly timed, with Europe’s leaders trapped in economic subservience and Washington constrained by war exhaustion among the p...
Let the tit-for-tat military deployments begin, as Moscow complains about the presence of NATO ships in the Black Sea, they unveil plans for joint naval exercises with Venezuela in the Caribbean. As we’ve reported before on this blog, both C...
The United States is confident that Georgia and Ukraine will become members of the NATO military alliance, a top US administration official stated earlier today. Russia’s recognition of Georgian breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia h...
Can BP recover from losing Robert Dudley? In a move thought to be an attempt to punish Russia for its actions in Georgia, the US is pulling out of a civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Russia. Meanwhile the US’ potential civil nuclear deal with...
The MICEX Index has fallen to its lowest level in two years amid a speedy flight of capital. Despite Yevroset’s offices being raided by authorities last week, Mobile Telesystems is considering buying a stake in the mobile phone retailer. Russia wi...
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