China and Russia could start trading in rubles and yuan ‘within weeks‘ in a bid to diminish dependence on the dollar in global trade, Bloomberg reports. ‘It makes sense for two large economies to exclude a third, overly dominant ...
TODAY: US officials speak out about human rights in Russia; Pomonarev imprisonment criticized; Fink jailed; United Russia deputies head all regional parliaments? Altai journalist charged with defamation; Altai village loses all of its homes in wil...
During a meeting on improving the judicial system this past July, President Dmitry Medvedev noted that “the modern-day court must be open for public control and in a greater degree accessible for citizens.” The president also spoke abo...
Interesting comments from the prime minister in the Wall Street Journal. However this seems about as believable as Skidelsky’s observations that Putin’s interest in power is waning… Voluntary retirement and minimal co...
Amanda Paul has a wake-up call in Today’s Zaman on the escalating arms race among the four countries of the South Caucasus. The West seems to have become very complacent that this “no war, no peace” situation is sustainable and g...
China has agreed that it will increase its consumption of Russian coal by two-thirds, and supply Russia with a $6 billion loan to ensure that it can uphold the supply side of the bargain. The CIS Economic Court wants Russia and Belarus to fi...
President Dmitry Medvedev has hired an investment banker as an adviser on social issues, says Reuters. A new, ‘liberal‘ package of anti-monopoly legislation being put forward by the Duma includes price control measures and rules ...
TODAY: Row over Ryabinin’s whereabouts reflects badly on Luzhkov; Bastrykin under fire over Magnitsky comments; Gryzlov says Russia waiting for the US Senate on START; Kalmykia region to get new head; Shoigu blames regional heads for fire sp...
He didn’t actually say that, but Alexander Rahr’s observations of the Russian Prime Minister during his appearance before Valdai is quite revealing: Alexander Rahr, a Russia expert with the German Council on Foreign Relations, a think ...
There’s been lots of interesting news about the upcoming regional elections, and speculation that United Russia might fall a bit short of its customary landslide victory (for example, there is one report going around that the Kremlin has ord...
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