Russia may raise electricity prices more than the 5% planned following the Sayano-Shushenskaya power station disaster, says Reuters. Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has stated that the country’s gas problems with Russia have ...
A government source has suggested that Russia may reach pre-crisis levels in 2012. Budget revenues in 2010 are expected to exceed expectations with predictions of oil trading at $57 a barrel as opposed to $54. Despite the optimism, the...
TODAY: Poles riled by Russia’s take on war; conciliation comes with recrimination; Beslan families still seeking justice; Lavrov advises against freezing Iran out; Bagapsh verbal attack on Georgian ships; Gazprom tower causing friction. Trop...
Some of the Western media has been picking up on the story of the summer here in Russia: our leaders have declared a war on alcoholism, which some consider to be a certain political grave. Consider the odds: A ticket to the movies in Moscow costs ...
I just spent an entertaining few minutes perusing the amateur photography gallery of President Dmitry Medvedev (the Moscow Times is running a story on this one). So far I think Medvedev’s photos are much better than Vladimir Putin̵...
Coming from the people who brought you the Khodorkovsky show trial, the release of alleged gas mobster Semyon Mogilevich on bail, and campaign to return merchant of death Viktor Bout from his Thai jail cell to freedom (or a career in the Duma), no...
Yesterday on Foreign Policy Christian Caryl published one of those “Russia-more-isolated-now-than-ever-thanks-to-their-own-policies-of-confrontation” type of articles. We are beginning to see this topic come around and around eve...
Shell has begun building a $100 million lubricant blending plant in Torzhok, which is the first to be constructed by an international firm in Russia. After talks with Polish premier Donald Tusk in Gdansk, Vladimir Putin will meet with Ukrain...
The Guardian picks up on yesterday’s statistics regarding the poverty line and the jump in the numbers of people living beneath it, although analysts argue that the impact should not be overemphasized. The Other Russia also reacted to ...
TODAY: 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two – officials meet in Gdansk for carve up of history; Putin acknowledges ‘immoral’ treaty and Katyn suffering; NATO receptive to plans for Russian defense; Stalin’s gra...
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