Image: Economist The BBC Euroblogger Mark Mardell is taking a close look at EU-Russia relations from the perspective of former Soviet states traditionally considered within Moscow’s “sphere of influence.” The first article in thi...
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev speaks in Moscow. Gorbachev founded a new political movement aimed at fighting democratic abuses in Russia, but not at challenging President Vladimir Putin’s rule.(AFP/Alexey Sazonov) The leader of the ...
The cyber-attack on Estonia during the Bronze Solider fiasco was not an aberration – thanks to a few legal loopholes, much of the world’s hackers, spammers, and scammers depend upon front companies in St. Petersburg and Moscow: PERHAPS...
The Washington Post asks why President Bush has given up on Russia: But at a White House news conference Wednesday, Mr. Bush questioned “whether or not it’s possible to reprogram the kind of basic Russian DNA, which is a centralized au...
The Council on Foreign Relations has published an updated backgrounder of the global oil market, which makes mention of Mikhail Khodorkovsky in Russia. Russia. The world’s second-largest producer and exporter of oil, Russia employs less than 1 per...
Iraqi politics are in a mess and the handling of the oil industry has been a disaster, but there are reasons for optimism, says deputy prime minister Barham Salih By Tom Nicholls, journalist “Success is possible in Iraq – difficult, but possible,”...
A member of Russia’s Interior Ministry Forces watches President Vladimir Putin speak during a live question-and-answer session aired on television in a electronic store in Grozny, the capital of the Caucasus region of Chechnya, October 18, 2...
If Kosovar independence is recognized, could Serbia ditch its efforts to join the EU and look to Russia? From the Economist: Marko Jaksic, a member of Serbia’s Kosovo negotiating team, helps to run northern Kosovo. He is a deputy leader of t...
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