Surprisingly, there are still some people out there arguing that this isn’t the Kremlin’s aim in Kyrgyzstan: “The American base is not against Russia,” said Alexei Malashenko of the Carnegie Moscow Center. “Even the R...
Evgeny Morozov at the FP Net Effect blog has some ideas about why there was no Twitter-revolution behind the civil unrest and change of government in Kyrgyzstan … it’s not only because it’s harder to pronounce than Iran. Finally,...
Below are two video interviews with Alexei Navalny, a minority shareholder rights lawyer in Russia (which is a courageous profession). Navalny has been at the vanguard of various lawsuits seeking to bring transparency and rule of law to Russ...
Diane Francis of the Financial Post put up an interesting blog article not too long ago on the ways in which advances in shale gas development are changing the world, and taking the geopolitical punch out of the oil and gas trade (Gazprom is certa...
Though my home country Canada often has the reputation as the world’s boy scout, seeking the approval of others for its moral conduct, there is also a sense of healthy chauvinism when it comes to defending basic independence, terri...
President Dmitry Medvedev and the new European Union energy commissioner will attend a ceremony at Portovaya Bay on the Baltic Sea today to mark the start of construction on the Nord Stream pipeline. The New York Times anticipates that the p...
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has given a huge verbal boost to Russia, saying that its economy is poised for the ‘biggest bounce‘ in the world this year as the economy rebounds thanks to increased demands for commodities and stabilized...
TODAY: New Kyrgyz government considers Russia its ‘key strategic partner’, Russia expects new leader to close US airbase; Medvedev and Obama sign nuclear treaty amid criticism of proposed reduction methods; post-Communist art in London...
Today should in theory be a positive day in U.S.-Russia relations with the signing of the START replacement treaty in Prague, slashing 30% of each country’s nuclear arsenal establishing verification procedures. That certainly seems to ...
Despite the Russians being the first to recognize Kyrgyzstan’s new leadership (currently led by former foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva, but that could change over the next couple days), things are still a complete mess in Bishkek following ...
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