When time finally allows, I’m looking forward to reading Dominic Lieven’s new history of the Russian defeat of Napoleon, which he argues had much more to do with foresight, strategy, and cunning of the generals and staff surrounding Ts...
What’s the best thing about getting elected president? You can wrestle control of the legal system and use it to chase down your opponents and aid your business positions. Maybe there are some grounds behind this reopened case ag...
Turkey and Russia have signed 17 agreements, worth $25 billion, on cooperation in energy and other fields, including a pipeline from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean and a nuclear power plant. Russia will have a controlling stake in the pl...
President Medvedev is reportedly hoping that bilateral trade turnover between Russia and Turkey will reach $100 billion a year within several years. Sugar company Rusagro has postponed its IPO, due to ‘recent market volatility’.&...
TODAY: Trifonova arrest extension deemed unlawful; whistleblower ex-policeman to hold rally; Luzhkov in precarious position? Russia to consider following US example on nuclear transparency; START ratification process begins; Lavrov rebuffs U...
As President Dmitry Medvedev departed for a state visit to Turkey this week, there wasn’t much debate over whether or not it would be success, but rather what kind of deals would be offered up to get the handshakes – would it be weapon...
One of Russia’s most successful and welcomed soft power moves in recent years was to deploy its Navy in the Gulf of Aden, and protect the passage from the growing problem of piracy from Somalia. The Kremlin saw the need to get involved...
Energy was firmly on the agenda at President Medvedev’s meeting with Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad. Russia may apparently help build a nuclear power plant in the Middle East state, a move that could that could perturb the West due...
Stocks and the ruble rose the most in four months yesterday as a bailout package for crisis-hit Greece appeared. With Europe’s financial turbulence raging, Russia is, according to BusinessWeek, likely to receive a ‘massive’...
TODAY: Fears for treatment of ill businessman in prison; Strategy 31 organizers take on City Hall; GenPlan suspicions; Russia-Ukraine spy tie; Foreign Policy report suggests tensions with the US and Great Britain remain; Obama adviser warns ...
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