Month: November 2010

November 12, 2010

Network Hubs vs. Emerging Cities of the Global Economy

The issue of declinism, specifically the generalized decrease of U.S. dominance over resources of international power, has become one of the most hotly debated topics among observers.  Some lament these shifting balances as though it were Rom...
November 11, 2010

The Problematic Campaign against START

Writing on Slate.com, Fred Kaplan picks apart a recent op/ed signed by John Yoo and John Bolton recommending that the U.S. Senate put off ratification of the new START treaty with Russia.  While there are parts that are more convincing than o...
November 11, 2010

Ros-Lehtinen on the Journalist Attacks

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) has issued a strong statement on the recent attacks on journalists in Russia, calling for a review of Russia ties. “I am appalled by the savage attacks on Oleg Kashin and Anatoly Adamchuk,” Ros-Lehtine...
November 11, 2010

A Decorative Element of the Russian Facade

The Los Angeles Times has published a very interesting – and at times incendiary – interview with the 93-year-old theater director Yuri Lyubimov, famous for his adaptation of Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita and other visionary Ru...
November 11, 2010

Video: Magnitsky Documentary Debuts for One-Year Anniversary

A documentary film on the murder of Sergei Magnitsky by corrupt officials within the Russian government is debuting on the 16th of November with special screenings across several European parliaments and the U.S. House of Representatives.  Se...
November 11, 2010

Energy Blast – Nov 11, 2010

EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger has unveiled a new strategy paper for the European energy market which calls for €1,000 billion of new investment.  Oettinger’s comments praising EU-Russian energy relations come just as Gazprom ...
November 11, 2010

Today in Russian Business – Nov 11, 2010

The Russian delegation’s position at the G20 summit in South Korea is that the global economy is ‘unstable and unbalanced‘, and expressed particular concern over countries ‘taking unilateral decisions to weaken their curren...
November 11, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 11, 2010

TODAY: Kashin, Beketov, and Domnikov cases handed to Investigative Committee; Beketov convicted; police say Adamchuk staged his own beating; Surkov in the spotlight, legal nihilism, Republican denounces attacks on journalists; Medvedev m...
November 10, 2010

Energy Blast – Nov 10, 2010

President Medvedev has said that North Korea’s nuclear program is making Russia feel ‘uneasy’.  A meeting between the Russian President and his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak in Seoul saw Gazprom agree on a deal for ...
November 10, 2010

Today in Russian Business – Nov 10, 2010

The Moscow Times reports that following last week’s raid at his National Reserve Bank, Alexander Lebedev has sent a letter to Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev amongst others asking them to prevent the police from interfering with his busin...