Hurricane Gustav has caused 96% of the oil production in the Gulf of Mexico to be shut off; Shell and Conoco also shutting down operations. Could Russia cut crude oil supplies to Europe? The country “is willing to use the oil weapon,” notes the Te...
Russia today will begin a ban on poultry imports from 19 US producers, and has warned that further suppliers could face bans. The Russian market has been the biggest for US poultry exporters. Russian steel companies will cut prices for car manufac...
TODAY: Ingush opposition figure shot dead; EU summit to be held today; Medvedev reveals foreign policy plan to preserve nearby territories; South Ossetia to join Russia; Turkey and Russia heading for “trade war”; Putin “saves” television crew from...
Peter Kiernan has a pretty good piece in World Politics Review which argues that Washington the West throughout most of the 1990s were accomplishing a lot with very little resources in the Caucasus, but now with Moscow’s assertion by invasio...
Andrew Meier and Michael C. Moynihan are debating the whole Soviet thing over at the LA Times… First, Russia remains a land of doublespeak. Listen to what Putin’s puppet president, 42-year-old former corporate lawyer Dimitri Medvedev, ...
Western leftism and contemporary Russia are like a box of chocolates – you just never know what you’re going to get. This one is worth reading however: Putin’s KGB origins should not be misconstrued. There was a power vacuum when the S...
Here’s a bit from an interesting profile of a guy we think is very bad for Russia and Europe. Germany’s foreign minister strolls through an organic farm, buys an apple from smiling children — and then turns from the idyllic scene...
We’ve had a number of blog posts featuring commentary from Zenyo Baran, and I think this contribution to the WSJ highlights an important area of concern for NATO, Turkey, Georgia, and stability in the Caucasus. Nonetheless, Ankara sided with...
In a recent commentary penned by Financial Times columnist Philip Stevens, the argument is made that Russia’s ultimate goal is to turn back the clock: to extend his (Putin) country’s borders to create the greater Russia sought by the leaders...
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