Month: February 2011

February 16, 2011

Barclay’s Backing out of Russia

Today Barclay’s Bank announced its decision to withdraw from the Russian retail banking sector; an announcement precipitated, it would seem, by write downs of nearly $400 million, which are prompting commentators to compare it to US financie...
February 16, 2011

Ringing the Changes

It has been noted that the only salient agreement that seemed to emerge from the much-publicized meeting between Russian Foreign Secretary Sergei Lavrov and British counterpart William Hague was the news that a telephone hotline would be establish...
February 16, 2011

Ringing the Changes

It has been noted that the only salient agreement that seemed to emerge from the much-publicized meeting between Russian Foreign Secretary Sergei Lavrov and British counterpart William Hague was the news that a telephone hotline would be establish...
February 16, 2011

Huda Seif: South Sudan after the Referendum

[Editor’s note: We’re pleased to feature another special contribution from Huda Seif-Gerard, a scholar and human rights activist currently based in Brussels. Between January 2008 and February 2010, she served as Political Advisor for t...
February 16, 2011

Huda Seif: South Sudan after the Referendum

[Editor’s note: We’re pleased to feature another special contribution from Huda Seif-Gerard, a scholar and human rights activist currently based in Brussels. Between January 2008 and February 2010, she served as Political Advisor for t...
February 16, 2011

Guardian Journalist Faces Early Departure

Yesterday, the Guardian sought clarification on the visa status of its Russia reporter, Luke Harding, whose Kremlin-critical stance and Putin-irking work with Wikileaks saw him deported at the beginning of the month.  It seems they may have t...
February 16, 2011

Guardian Journalist Faces Early Departure

Yesterday, the Guardian sought clarification on the visa status of its Russia reporter, Luke Harding, whose Kremlin-critical stance and Putin-irking work with Wikileaks saw him deported at the beginning of the month.  It seems they may have t...
February 16, 2011

Energy Blast – Feb 16, 2011

According to a report from Bloomberg, Russia is withdrawing from the Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline, conceived of in 2007 with Bulgaria and Greece, to bypass Turkey’s crowded Bosporus Strait.  The New York Times considers why Russia is...
February 16, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Feb 16, 2011

Entrepreneur and Novaya Gazeta Alexander Lebedev has pulled out of a business forum in London this week, apparently due to fears that his businesses would be raided by corrupt law enforcement officials in his absence.  Read his full explanati...
February 16, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Feb 16, 2011

TODAY: International focus at Lavrov-Hague meeting; Russian FM warns Britain on encouraging democracy abroad; new hotline to be set up.  Ring in about corruption; Gorbachev denounces diarchy; Left Front leader on hunger strike; policeman char...