A new article by Sergei Kovalev in the New York Review of Books explores the reasons behind Putin’s popularity. The attentive American reader is no doubt informed, if not in great depth or detail, about these and other current Russian politi...
A visitor looks at a photo showing Russian President Vladimir Putin with his wife Lyudmila at an exhibition called Russia’s First Ladies in Moscow, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze) At least 72 of the 600 United Russia candi...
From the WSJ editorial on Russia’s proposal of a new NGO focused on “monitoring the situation in Europe concerning rights of ethnic minorities, immigrants, media and such.” In any case, Europe hardly has a choice but to welcome t...
Here is a perfect example of the Doppelgänger theory of Russian politics: Whatever unsavory conduct the regime is guilty of, they turn around and blame their opponents of committing the very same acts, be it in areas of corruption, money launderin...
Neil Barnett writes about Russia energy disaggregation of Europe in the Spectator: Brussels, to its credit, is starting to wake up to this. Rules are being drafted to prevent companies which do not adhere to the EU’s energy charter — Gazprom for o...
From Boris Nemtsov’s new article in Kommersant: On that background, a movement in support of the third presidential term for Vladimir Putin is growing. Under the threat of F-grading or salary non-payment, students, teachers, and doctors are ...
Russian-made rocket carrier Kosmos – 3M blasts off a launch pad at the Plesetsk base, in northern Russia with German reconnaissance satellite SAR-Lupe , Nov. 1, 2007. (AP Photo) The campaign manager for the Union of Right forces has accused ...
Consider the cumulative weight of these facts: A Dutch court rules that Yukos was illegally auctioned, the European Court of Human Rights finds that Russia violated Platon Lebedev’s rights, and the Swiss Federal Tribunal denies Russia mutual...
Below is the coverage from Reuters about the Dutch court decision which found the Russian government’s forced bankruptcy and liquidation of assets to be illegal. There is also coverage by RIA Novosti and AFP. Dutch court voids YUKOS bankrupt...
Remember when Vladimir Putin compared the current proposed U.S. shield plans to the Cuban missile crisis? Some don’t quite agree with the analogy: Comparing U.S. plans to put defensive missiles in Eastern Europe to Khrushchev’s placeme...
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