The Agriculture Ministry has dropped grain production forecasts by more than 20% as forest fires and drought damage the cycles of various crops, but insists that there are enough resources ‘to keep everything smooth and steady‘. ...
TODAY: Over 600 wildfires have now spread across Russia, Putin attempts to stem criticism with video link; MC Noize sent to jail; bloggers seek violent policemen from Strategy 31 rally as US expresses concerns; Chichvarkin’s mother’s d...
Russian hip-hop might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but isn’t jail a bit excessive? Ivan Alexeyev, aka Noize MC, was arrested late last week for making fun of the police in his lyrics at a recent concert. Alexeyev, who often targets co...
A US house representative is calling for sanctions against Russia for undermining the recently-implemented sanctions against Iran. The AFP reports: “It’s time to implement our sanctions laws and demonstrate to Russia and China that the...
Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin is not amused at a journalist’s attempt to highlight energy security issues by entering a hydropower plant without security clearance, calling it a ‘provocation‘. Latest estimates by federa...
Grain exports, already down from 21.5 million to 14 million tons, could be as much as halved this year thanks to drought and, now, forest fires, says the Russian Grain Union, as the latest developments causes wheat prices to surge. St Peters...
TODAY: Fires claim 40 lives, environmentalists blame government measures; heatwave drownings; Medvedev not keen on a Putin power struggle; 50 detained at Khimki rally; human rights council calls for dismissal of Federal Youth Agency; military vete...
At a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in mid-July, President Dmitry Medvedev commented on the legal situation regarding the expansion of FSB powers: “The situation is simple to the extreme. But I would not want ver...
Economists Aleh Tsyvinski and Sergei Guriev have a new article on Russia’s resource curse, arguing that sustained high oil prices combined with a stagnating economy may create a repeat of the Brezhnev era, causing economic modernization and ...
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