‘The primitive structure of our economy‘, was one of President Medvedev’s keynote complaints in his second annual address, which emphasized the need for technological innovation. The speech was ‘disappointing from an invest...
TODAY: Medvedev’s state of the nation address warns opposition against using democracy to rock the boat; talks up modernization. Media unconvinced President can match word with deed. Topol-M problem for START replacement talks; Litvine...
Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. I was listening to our president and recalled Jerzy Lec: “I am so full of optimism that I can’t take any more of it.” What didn’t Dmitry Medved...
Ever come across something so brilliant you wish you had thought of it yourself? Well that’s what Seth Hettena has just put together, via sourcing from Vedomosti: an aggregation of the preferred timepieces worn by high-level Russian official...
Vladimir Putin has been ranked number 3 in the Forbes list of the most powerful people in the world, President Medvedev comes in 43rd, after Deputy Prime Minister, siloviki chieftain and Rosneft chairman Igor Sechin at number 42. (See the editor&#...
Medvedev’s annual state-of-the-nation address has been hotly anticipated, with talk of electoral reforms surfacing in today’s FT, issues of modernization and the promise of responses to his Go Russia! article to be included. For those ...
Nikolai Zobin in today’s Moscow Times laments that President Medvedev persistently highlights the level of corruption in Russia, whilst, by all accounts, the problem of graft has increased during his Presidency. (See yesterday’s ‘...
Russia and Austria have agreed to conclude talks over the South Stream pipeline as quickly as possible. The deal would, this report says, exclude Ukraine from the supply route, and will, in Putin’s words, quoted by the Other Russia, help to ...
The ruble hit an 11-month high yesterday, just after warnings against bets that the currency would continue to mount. The government has apparently decided to abandon some of its more ambitious pre-crisis goals for the 2012 economy, admitting that...
TODAY: Medvedev to give state of the nation address, modernization presumed to be key theme; opposition members laud ousting of Governor Rossel; Moscow Mayor to sue opposition politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky over corruption claims. Lavrov intervie...
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