Month: September 2010

September 6, 2010

Today in Russian Business – Sept 6, 2010

The Moscow Times reports excitedly on last week’s news that a US-based company will buy six of Sukhois Superjets.  Yevgeny Chichvarkin is convinced that he will be killed in prison if he is extradited to Moscow following his London cour...
September 6, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Sept 6, 2010

TODAY: EU parliament member criticizes Putin; Nashi lawsuit thrown out; Kruglova sentence suspended; Dagestan bombings; Matviyenko for President? Military cooperation with Israel; Frolov blasts Medvedev (again); internet crimesolving. Heidi Hautal...
September 3, 2010

Cruiseboat Debates on Russia’s Modernization

Ah, the Valdai Discussion Club – that wonderful time of year of ponderous navel-gazing over the future of Russia’s unfulfilled potential, a moment of generous ignorance over the country’s more serious systemic problems.  Nei...
September 3, 2010

The Comeback of the Czech Social Democrats, Party of Spoilers

After more than a year of being run by a provisional team of technocrats, the Czech Republic has a new centre-right coalition government, who won a vote of confidence earlier this month. It seems the surprising turn of events continues, following ...
September 3, 2010

Energy Blast – Sept 3, 2010

According to the China Atomic Energy Authority, China and Russia will expand nuclear cooperation in seven areas, including floating power plants and safety technology.  Gazprom’s first-quarter profits hit a new record of $10.6 billion, ...
September 3, 2010

Today in Russian Business – Sept 3, 2010

President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered regional leaders and the government to prevent speculators from driving up the cost of basic foodstuffs.  (Presumably nothing came of the almost identical order he made on August 13.)  Prime Minister...
September 3, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Sept 3, 2010

TODAY: Wildfires kill 5; Putin’s Lada trip mocked online; Lyudmila Alexeyeva to stop protesting; Kremlin blames opposition crackdowns on Moscow; police raid New Times; policewoman fired after protest video; Church to ban unauthorized media; ...
September 2, 2010

Zero Progress on Corruption

A report in Vedomosti (translation via RT) summarizes the disappointing findings by the Anti-Corruption Research Center under Russia’s Ministry of Justice. In 2007, 21,842 such crimes have been registered, and only 6,185 cases were brought t...
September 2, 2010

Video: Putin’s Common Touch on the Highway

Here’s a “news story” that was shown on one of Russia’s official Kremlin-owned and -controlled television channels during Vladimir Putin’s recent motoring holiday across one of the few parts of Siberia where there are...
September 2, 2010

Georgia’s “Isolationist” Goals

We’ve often featured translations from the pro-government news outlet RBK Daily, which often goes a few steps too far in its efforts to please the leadership, resulting in amusing and sometimes enlightening tidbits of officialistic thinking....