Russia’s economy could grow faster than expected this year; by as much as 4-4.5% in comparison with predictions of 3-3.5%. See Bloomberg for Russia’s three-pronged strategy to facilitate the economic recovery, currently jeopardiz...
TODAY: Medvedev comes down hard on ministers; prison mastermind fired; could a return to Soviet labor be on the cards? Colonel sentenced for bribe taking; Chernobyl survivors bring lawsuit against Medvedev. Tensions bubbling with Belarus as ...
Today Nezavisimaya Gazeta is reporting that the former Yukos lawyer Dmitry Gololobov, who has in recent years cooperated with prosecutors in testimony against defendants and published materials against the case before the ECHR, has accepted a Vice...
This news pretty much speaks for itself. The clock is now ticking on how long the president can blame others for the lack of fulfillment of his statements on reform. From the Financial Times: On Tuesday he told a video conference with ...
Even though many observers think that United Russia’s poor performance in the elections was arranged on purpose, here Miriam Elder proposes we consider the news at face value: that Vladimir Putin, though personally still popular, may b...
Russia will not contemplate merging its South Stream pipeline with the European Nabucco pipeline, as South Stream is ‘more competitive‘ than Nabucco, according to Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko. Meanwhile Nord Stream has secured ...
The ruble is expected to strengthen between 18-20% over the next three years, which Deputy Economy Minister Andrei Klepach fears may have a deleterious effect on the economy. The head of a U.S. anti-bribery group has told Reuters that extort...
TODAY: Opposition parties make a dent in United Russia predominance at elections?; cascade of disapproval from Western envoys falls on Imedi media after TV hoax; Medvedev continues shake-up in Caucasus; Lukoil using the blogosphere to persuade pub...
I was very intrigued by this recent post over on the Volokh Conspiracy discussing an article by Hadi Ghaemi and Aaron Rhodes of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Though I am most often blogging about Russia, Europe, and ev...
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