Out of all the regimes of the post-Soviet Republics, nobody seems to have made off with more money and power than Ramzan Kadyrov, the self-appointed czar of Chechnya. He’s feeling so happily secure that back in March he even bought himself t...
As the US gears up for withdrawal of its its troops from Afghanistan, which will begin in July, RFE/RL quotes Frants Klintsevich, who served as a colonel during the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s and now heads up Russia’s Union of Af...
Intriguing news has been confirmed this morning: multi billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is interested in becoming the leader of the Right Cause party, the political organization which, in November 2010, called for a second term for President Medvedev...
Intriguing news has been confirmed this morning: multi billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is interested in becoming the leader of the Right Cause party, the political organization which, in November 2010, called for a second term for President Medvedev...
BP reportedly remains ‘optimistic’ about agreeing on a share swap with Rosneft as the companies reach the May 16 deadline. Apparently the British giant is back in last-minute talks to buy out the Russian partners in its...
Ailing British bookstore chain Waterstone’s could receive a Russian rescue; according to the Financial Times, tycoon Alexander Mamut has offered $70 million in cash to buy the bookseller from indebted entertainment retailer HMV Gro...
TODAY: Medvedev challenges Putin in verbal address; Russia’s richest man to enter politics? Foreign Ministry dismisses Amnesty International rights criticisms; Khimki forest activists detained at demo. Belarus jails presidential candidate; J...
TODAY: Medvedev challenges Putin in verbal address; Russia’s richest man to enter politics? Foreign Ministry dismisses Amnesty International rights criticisms; Khimki forest activists detained at demo. Belarus jails presidential candidate; J...
Not too long ago, the lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, State Duma deputy Vladislav Tretiak (yes, the famous hockey goalie…), the animal trainers Askold and Edgard Zapashnoy, the television presenter Tina Kandelaki, the singer Nikolai Rastorguyev, a...
Not too long ago, the lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, State Duma deputy Vladislav Tretiak (yes, the famous hockey goalie…), the animal trainers Askold and Edgard Zapashnoy, the television presenter Tina Kandelaki, the singer Nikolai Rastorguyev, a...
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