Presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich has said that Russian economy will probably remain stable for the next few months as oil prices remain at $50 per barrel or more. Russia’s economy has apparently shrunk at the slowest pace since Octo...
TODAY: NATO ministerial level meeting to take place in Corfu; deputies suggests nationalization of troubled Pikalyovo factory; gay rights activist to sue Moscow mayor; blacklisting practice; bribery affecting the poor ‘We have always had qui...
The Other Russia is running a translation from Yezhednevny Zhurnal about the Russian police’s use of blacklists to track the movements of suspected members of the opposition as well as normal, non-politically active citizens. One of th...
When are these reactionary regional leaders ever going to learn that the best way to “protect the integrity of the president” is not to freak out over every small protest or publication of criticism? One would assume that not eve...
Yulia Latynina has a new column in the Moscow Times taking a look at Russia’s foreign policy toward North Korea. We love Yulia, but perhaps my only complaint may be is that she is much too moderate and measured in her words. She ...
Today a former KGB spy, living in Canada since 1997, has taken refuge inside a church in Vancouver in a desperate move to avoid deportation of himself and his family. The Canadian authorities are seeking to send Mikhail Lennikov, his wife Ir...
Wait, I thought this stuff only happened every New Year’s? Though the heating of homes won’t be an issue in June/July, you know how the Europeans are about gas-fired kitchens… From Reuters: “Gazprom will only su...
The vice-president of the State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan has said that European energy firms must forget their rivalries if they wish to prevent Gazprom from buying up excess natural gas from the western Caspian area. President Obama hopes to &...
President Dmitry Medvedev has said in an interview with CNBC that Russia’s economy will shrink at least 6% this year and the structure of the economy is to blame. He also reiterated the need for ‘more reserve currencies’ to...
TODAY: Russia-Israel meeting sidesteps thorny issues; draft nuclear agreement could be ready for Obama’s July visit; state won’t put money into Sochi this year; road blockaded by protesters in Pikalyovo The Kremlin has said that the US...
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