Sometimes Russia’s state-run energy business seems to operate under the George Costanza strategy of “do the opposite” – if it makes good sense according to market logic, do something else. Before the economic crisis, ...
A phone call in the middle of the night Grigory Pasko, journalist Recently, I received a phone call in the middle of the night from Andrei Volozhanin – a former zek in the Krasnokamensk colony, who was once assigned the unusual task of overs...
Here’s a scorcher from Kostis Geropoulos at New Europe: Against the backdrop of the EU-Russia summit held symbolically in the remote Russian far-eastern city of Khabarovsk on May 21- 22, European officials have accused Russian gas giant Gazp...
Back in the Bush II heydays, I always thought of Russia’s Ambassador to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, as a tongue-in-cheek answer to the appointment of John Bolton to the United Nations (minus, of course, the overt racism of the former). Among...
This book review about the life of the famous Russian composer Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) reveals a complex and contradictory tale of one artist’s confrontation with the groundswell of history in Russia. A not untypical contemporary reacti...
Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko has said that Russia’s gas output may fall by 18-20% this year. Shmatko has adopted a more reassuring tone than his counterparts on the supply of gas to Europe, saying ‘there are all the necessary r...
Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin is basing next year’s budget on the prediction that oil will be at least $50 a barrel – an improvement on this year’s prediction of $41. Medvedev is not so optimistic, presenting his budget pr...
TODAY: Russia condemns North Korea ‘Hiroshima’ size bomb test; Lavrov says election result in Lebanon must be respected; Medvedev believes influence in CIS states should be extended; streamlining the military provokes discontent A spok...
Mikhail Khodorkovsky has granted an extensive written interview to the Moscow Times in which he criticized the social responsibility practices and anti-crisis efforts of Russia’s business elite. Keep your eyes peeled on the official MB...
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