One minute Russia is talking about the potential for cooperation in mutual interests to help Washington discourage nuclear proliferation in Iran, while the next minute they are selling missile systems and assisting with nuclear technology. F...
The Associated Press is running a story on some comments made by President Medvedev during a television address following meetings with Yabloko party representatives. Considering the elements that Medvedev and other liberal reformers are up ...
Robert Amsterdam has a new by-lined article on the latest developments in the Mikhail Khodorkovsky trial published on the legal news website JURIST. Rejection of appeal is latest example of due process failures in Khodorkovsky case Robert Amsterda...
Along with the immediate need for Washington to ditch the insult of Jackson-Vanik, Russia’s ascension to the World Trade Organization is another measure which this blog has strongly supported. However, it appears that Moscow has become...
Paul Goble blogs about a Vedomosti article which reveals the early findings of a new report, interviewing some 100 different members of the ruling United Russia party: The Moscow newspaper obtained an advance copy of the report and quotes liberall...
Last year global oil reserves fell for the first time since 1998, led by declines in Russia, Norway and China. Russia apparently has no plans to reduce oil production or oil exports in the next three years. The New York Times reports t...
Russia will cut the share of US treasuries from its $400 billion reserves, driving the dollar down on the global market and will buy about $10 billion of IMF bonds, in order to reduce its dependence on the dollar. Prime Minister Putin will a...
TODAY: Putin says Russia could drop nuclear weapons if others do so; military chief recommends maintaining 1500 warheads; Arctic envoy assures that competition over region not a military matter; Hollywood actor’s new role as Siberian traffic...
Dmitry Medvedev showed his angry side today on state television, as he excoriated Russia’s regional governors and demanded that they get on top of unemployment and wage arrears problems, such as those which provoked the recent protests in Pi...
Yale economist Aleh Tsyvinski writes in the Moscow Times about his impressions coming out of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum: Not surprisingly, the most anticipated speech at the St. Petersburg forum was from President Dmitry Medvedev. First, we...
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