President Dmitry Medvedev is reportedly meeting some resistance in trying to push regional governments to create more jobs. Wage arrears have declined by almost 40% thanks to a surge in budget spending which helped companies pay their staff....
TODAY: Markelov murder decried by Duma; Novaya Gazeta wants firearms for its journalists; Bakhmina case opened to possible early release; United Russia to rally public; OSCE confident of Russia deal; Lenin protesters detained.Members of the Duma, ...
Today Robert Amsterdam gave an interview on Echo Moskvy about the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov. Below is a small excerpt adapted from his on-air comments. “Russia’s vertical of power does not bring law and order. Rather, i...
If you know you can’t do it – promise you will anyway… Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. The January Russian newspapers and websites are full of headlines: «...
Representatives from the European Union, furious with the duplicity and irresponsibility of both Russia and Ukraine in the gas war, are promising that they won’t soon forget how this was handled. Really. This time they mean it &#...
Being in the car business is tough. All the noise we heard about the Big Three bailout in the United States was just the tip of the iceberg for a troubled global market, as fewer and larger manufacturers scramble to place their bets on the b...
The inauguration speech of US President Barack Obama included a special focus on alternative energy sources and energy security. The cash crunch facing Gazprom offers strong business opportunities for Western companies, says The Times. ...
Arkady Dvorkovich, the Kremlin’s economic aide, forecasts that the correction of the ruble is at an end, after the currency showed its first signs of stabilizing yesterday. In response, the central bank has bought foreign currency for ...
TODAY: Russia sees NATO as test for Obama; gas supplies to Europe resume; Duma reading freedom of information bill; fighter jets transported to Lebanon; tributes to Stanislav Markelov.The Kremlin says that it considers the US position on NATO memb...
The Boston Globe makes it clear that the coexistence of regular political murders and the regularity of a rule of law state is not possible. Markelov had received death threats because of his efforts to keep the murderer of the strangled Chechen w...
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