Year: 2008

August 27, 2008

The Lack of Candid Legal Advice in Russia

Law professor Ethan Burger has an interesting article on political interference in Russia’s judicial processes in Legal Times. In light of the ongoing pillaging of more and more companies and seizures of private property all while the state ...
August 27, 2008

What Country Will Russia Invade Next?

I am only being somewhat facetious in the title of this post, but I just wanted to underscore the logic expressed in Medvedev’s Financial Times editorial yesterday, “Why I had to recognise Georgia’s breakaway regions,” which pres...
August 27, 2008

Energy Blast – Aug 27, 2008

India’s state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corp. has agreed to a takeover of Russia-focused oil explorer Imperial Energy for $1.4 billion, beating Sinopec’s bid. The imminent takeover is a positive story for Western oil companies in Russia, sa...
August 27, 2008

Today in Russian Business – Aug 27, 2008

Russian stocks have taken yet another hit following President Dmitry Medvedev’s recognition of the independence of Georgia’s breakaway states, with investors pessimistic about future prospects. Nissan Motor sees strong growth continuing in Russia ...
August 27, 2008

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 27, 2008

TODAY: Medvedev recognizes independence of Georgian breakaway states, says Russia does not fear a new Cold War – full text of statement. Western world responds with outrage; Russia thought to be seeking Asian support; EU urges Russia to join...
August 26, 2008

Recognition of South Ossetia: A Trump Card Played Too Early

I would count myself as one of those surprised by President Dmitry Medvedev’s fast-track decision to endorse the Duma’s non-binding resolution to officially recognize the independence of Georgia’s breakaway regions of South Osset...
August 26, 2008

Stumping the War at the DNC

Medvedev probably couldn’t have picked a better day to bury the news of Russia’s recognition of Georgia’s breakaway territories, as the American media begins its long and often disappointingly selfish journey into solipsism with ...
August 26, 2008

Andrei Novikov: The Four Horsemen and War in the Caucasus

We occasionally receive contributions from Andrei Novikov, an opposition journalist and government critic who was once committed to involuntary psychiatric confinement by the authorities in response to some of his publications. Below Novikov share...
August 26, 2008

The Kosovo Precedent in the Caucasus

Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman just got back from a trip to Georgia, and didn’t hesitate more than a few moments to drop the K-bomb in describing the crisis there: Russia’s invasion of Georgia represents the most serious challenge to...
August 26, 2008

Grigory Pasko: Russia Frozen in Dali Time

The clock Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. Recently, in going through my archive, I ran across a text under the name “The Clock.” Below, a subscript: “Writt...