The previous posting by Grigory Pasko, which reported that Moscow spends more on housing its stray dogs than its homeless people, has prompted another related story (thanks to our translator) which we’ve seen going around in the Russian pres...
Living well isn’t against the law… Moscow’s budget in the epoch of crisis Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. A friend of mine works in the administration of o...
Looks like the thieves in the biggest heist in modern history might be made to be held accountable. From Reuters: The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that a case brought against Russia by shareholders in collapsed oil firm YUKOS is ...
(A note: sorry for the relatively quiet day – a hectic travel schedule and technological problems have interrupted our regularly scheduled programming … We appreciate your patience. – James) Some rather significant breaking...
Russia’s energy market is Vladimir Putin’s ‘personal project’, and the New York Times charts his involvement with the South Stream project over the last few years. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on all EU ...
Why are Russia’s business elite are getting all worked up about a potential merger of the country’s largest metals and mining companies? It will probably never happen, says Yulia Latynina. ‘If the government is determ...
TODAY: Putin warns against state intervention and reliance on the dollar during his Davos speech; Castro in Russia for trade-boosting visit; staged rallies of Kremlin support fall flat; still no unambiguous response from Russia on missile defense ...
Britain and Russia could be heading for another row after multi-millionaire Yevgeny Chichvarkin, seen as a foe of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, fled to the UK to escape arrest in Moscow. Chichvarkin is accused of kidnapping and extort...
Remember Putin’s charity artwork effort? Here’s the latest… An article by Adam McDowell in Canada’s National Post describes how the painting sold at auction in Russia on January 17, and has been on display at a Moscow ...
There’s a strong piece by Luke Harding in today’s Guardian on the murder of Stanislav Markelov and the state’s role in similar cases: The murders of these Kremlin foes – journalists, lawyers and critics of Russia’s se...
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