In a commentary published on Foreign Policy Monday, Brian Whitmore argues that Georgia has benefited from Obama’s reset with Russia and is relatively safe now from the threat of another invasion. This is interesting in light of how Medvedev ...
The insufferably high temperatures affecting Moscow over the past number of weeks seem to defy explanation. According to reports, the Russian capital has now gone through at least 26 days in a row of temperatures exceeding 86 degrees Fahrenh...
Another possible hurdle for the New START treaty: The Russian Foreign Ministry is accusing the US of breaching weapons treaties over the last ten years in a report publicised on Saturday. The US rejects the claims. Apparently, the report is a reac...
This insightful piece published on Bloomberg today takes a look at the unintentional (but surely somewhat predictable) effect of the sanctions recently imposed on Iran: new business opportunities for Russia and China. Experts quoted in the article...
Julia Ioffe speaks with National Public Radio on the problematic smog and air pollution circumstances which have hit Moscow as a result of nearby peat bog fires and a record breaking heat wave.
Below are some interesting clips and archival footage from the latest documentary by Journeyman Pictures about the sinking of the Kursk submarine. The tenth anniversary of this tragedy is on Thursday.
The Guardian is running a piece on the environmental hazards caused by burning peat, whether unintentionally or for agricultural clearing: ‘burning a ton of peat releases more CO2 into the atmosphere than a ton of coal‘. The Hous...
‘Bad things happen in August. That’s why you should sell now.‘ Fire damage is not impacting insurance companies as much as might be expected, because ‘few homes are insured and even fewer claims are made for damaged p...
TODAY: Pollution drives embassy workers out of Moscow, no sign of improved conditions, doctors told not to diagnose patients with heat or pollution-related illness; Strategy 31; new laws to curb police violence; Medvedev marks Georgian war with vi...
Basic competency in governance is by no means a given in a democracy. Any visitor to the New York State Legislature could tell you that. But conversely, authoritarianism does not always function as the perfect conveyor belt of executiv...
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