Russia’s now 17-year old bid to join the World Trade Organization has apparently gained momentum; the United States has spoken of a ‘new energy’ in negotiations. Vladimir Putin has expressed more caution about the process.&...
TODAY: Luzhkov may have pick of new job if (or rather when) ousted; Moscow gay rally crushed; judges seek protection over badgering; FSB steps up investigations into spying; rights associations complain on checks. Russia intransigent on miss...
From Roger Cohen’s article yesterday which makes the plea that democracy, though imperfect and brand-damaged, is still an ideal featuring values which are worth fighting for. Krastev makes the point that Russia doesn’t change bec...
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has been trying out all kinds of bizarre strategies to avoid getting the boot from the Kremlin – even leaving his billionaire wife Yelena Baturina home alone to run the defense campaign while he relaxes in Austria.&...
This week, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin plays host to the warmly entitled conference “The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue,” which will include participation of representatives from the United States, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Fin...
The fight for the unexploited Trebs and Titov oil fields has begun, with Russia’s five largest oil companies vying to win access to its untapped reserves. Apparently Rosneft has decided not to bid for the fields as it has enough ‘...
Russia will save $1.5 billion by slashing its army of bureaucrats by more than 100,000 over the next three years, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin has announced. Yana Yakovleva, founder of Business Solidarity, provides some concrete examples o...
TODAY: Deaths in detention reach hundreds; step forward for media freedom with damages ruling; Nikolai Alekseyev speaks out on abduction; Baturina puts the blame for anti-Luzhkov campaign on 2012 election. Pentagon takes issue with missile sale to...
David J. Kramer of the German Marshall Fund has published a scathing op/ed in the Washington Post blaming U.S. officials of complicity in Russia’s repression of protesters. Kramer has a laundry list of suggestions for Washington to cre...
Reuters reports that apparently the Macondo well, whose rupture prompted the worst oil spill in US history, has been fully plugged. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has told ABC’s ‘This Week’ program that Iran is ̵...
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