President Medvedev has been tweeting from the G8 and G20 summits, conveying the news of changes to global financial rules. Russia does not support the idea of introducing global taxes for insurance in the event of major companies and banks g...
TODAY: Clinton voices concern over Magnitsky case; pro-Kremlin journalist found murdered; official throws cash away; ‘Etiquette for Foreigners’ guide under fire; 5 detained at St Petersburg pride rally; servicemen protest. Medvedev mak...
The UN Global Compact Leader Summit was held this week to discuss ways of fighting corruption across the globe. RFE/RL has an interview with the chair of the Transparency International watchdog group, Huguette Labelle, on the much-debated is...
Should Ray of Ray’s Hell Burgers ever be at a loss for an eye-catching menu item, he can certainly add a ‘reset burger’. Unless you are entirely impervious to news of a non-verbal nature or have been cruelly denied media ac...
Are the wheels about to come off the tandem? Brian Whitmore suggests it’s a real possibility, given that they’re trying to go in different directions; a fact which has been underlined by Medvedev’s modernization tangent.&nb...
This week President Dmitry Medvedev received perhaps the warmest welcome in recent memory of a Russian head of state during his visit to California and Washington DC . This warmth, fraternity, and sudden seemingly naïve trust placed into the relat...
‘We regret that a conflict erupted’, says Prime Minister Putin on the Russia-Belarus gas spat. Reports confirm that Russia has paid Belarus its gas transit fees, and has resumed supplies. A factbox on Russia’s relatio...
‘Russia belongs in the WTO’: says US President Barack Obama. The Kremlin hopes that Russia will have joined by 2011. Obama praised the country’s decision to buy 50 Boeing aircraft; the aircraft manufacturer has also p...
TODAY: Fast food backdrop sets relaxed tone for friendly Obama-Medvedev meeting; ex-Prime Minister urges US to see through Medvedev’s modernization drive; hopes for cooperation on missile defense; has Russia resurrected idea of second milita...
John Lough, an associate fellow of the Russia & Eurasia Programme at Chatham House in London, has a very insightful piece on Russia’s play in Kyrgyzstan in the Moscow Times: Rather than fighting over the long-term future of the Manas bas...
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