The Washington Post editorial on the spy ring today is a little too neat and tidy for my tastes: Why would the successor to the KGB invest so much money and effort “to infiltrate academic, policymaking and government-connected circles,”...
Steve LeVine digs up good stuff on one of the original spies from Russia’s “illegals” program, Nikolai Khokhlov. Maybe the spy ring of 11 underground Americans were simply awaiting their eventual orders, if they ever came. ...
TNK-BP’s deputy chief executive has told reporters that the company may buy a stake in the asset sale BP will organize to fund the cash-eating Deepwater spill clean up. Gazprom may purchase Hunt Oil’s stake in Yemen’s lique...
Today heralds the start of the Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus customs union: the Moscow Times reports there is some confusion as to its logistics. According to Bloomberg, Belarus will meet with the two nations on July 5 to discuss whether it...
TODAY: Decline of Russian democracy; independent mayor of Irkutsk turns to United Russia; Investigative Committee rejects charges against investigators in Magnitsky death; Nashi youth disrupt Limonov reading; Foreign Ministry softens reaction to s...
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