Just about every Russian leader for the past several hundred years has at one point or another felt compelled to weigh in on the country’s national pastime, drinking. For some observers, it’s a bit of a mystery why they bother, as thes...
From Yulia Latynina’s column in the Moscow Times: On June 17, President Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese President Hu Jintao signed an agreement in which Russia will sell 300 million tons of oil to China over 20 years for $100 billion. That break...
The Gas Exporting Countries Forum has delayed a vote for secretary general after Russia did not propose a candidate. Lukoil has been unsuccessful in its attempt to win a bid for Iraq’s West Qurna oil field, but the company may have a s...
Norilsk Nickel shareholders have voted to invite a state representative, Vasily Titov, deputy chairman of state-run VTB Group, to their board, to give the company additional support during the crisis. Russian Railways chief Vladimir Yakunin ...
TODAY: Skepticism about re-set; opposition activist dies in prison; Russians largely unaware of events in Pikalyovo; Klebnikov family urge Obama to push for justice; government to act on Russian dipsomania Ria-Novosti reports that Russian analysts...
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
