Earlier this week we blogged about Russia’s new National Security Strategy, a document signed by the president which was delayed one month in its publication. What was happening during that month, and what changes were being made? ...
A piece from Yevgeny Bazhanov in the Moscow Times takes a look at what we can expect from the U.S.-Russia relationship this summer. Amid the economic crisis and after the unsuccessful, misdirected policies of former President George W. Bush, it is...
Another apocalyptic take on modern Russia from Paul Goble’s Window on Eurasia blog, quoting an article from Grani.ru. I don’t think psychoanalysis should be applied to nations, and that Father Yakov Krotov’s arguments reek ...
Stewart Fleming has an insightful piece on the EU’s attempts to embrace the east published in European Voice: Some years ago in Kiev, a Swedish diplomat remarked privately that the EU had been lucky when it embarked on its eastern enlargemen...
I was quite alarmed this past weekend to read about the murder of the Guatemalan lawyer Roberto Rosenberg, which to me recalled the brutal, mafia-like slaying of Russian lawyer Stanislav Markelov. As someone who has worked on a politically v...
‘Everything is murky in this part of Europe where Russia continues to expand its grip over the energy sector’: the New York Times looks at the shady dealings surrounding Emfesz. After refusing to sign the EU-led Nabucco deal, the...
The ruble has soared to a four-month high as oil reaches near $60 a barrel. Is the rally of the Russian stock market on course for a correction? Russia’s central bank has slashed its main interest rates for the second time in les...
TODAY: Energy war a real risk says Kremlin security report; Gorbachev complains Russia misunderstood on international scene; more talk of Putin comeback; Russia vetoes OSCE mission in Georgia; gay demonstrators risk violence at Saturday march A ne...
In what may be the understatement of the year, Mikhail Gorbachev complains that Europe misunderstands Russia: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev says Western portrayals of Russia as an aggressive, imperialist nation are “nonsense.”...
The quote below from Judy Dempsey’s New York Times piece puts it rather lightly: “If the E.U. wants energy security then it should examine how trading companies supply gas to the member states,” said Tom Mayne, energy expert at G...
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