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October 6, 2007

Fradkov’s New Gig

Soon Fradkov will be listening to entirely different translations “When a person insists on doing things in a way so that no one can understand anything until the last minute – why spend time on imitating analysis?” – Fyodo...
October 5, 2007

Video: Putin’s Bid for Prime Minister

Below is a ten-minute news video from Al Jazeera English on the latest Putin-Parliament news. Recommended viewing for all the interesting archival photographs of the president. Includes interviews with Alexander Pikaev, Pavel Felgenhauer, and Mark...
October 5, 2007

Announcing Politkovskaya Sunday

Photo: AFP Stay tuned to this blog on Sunday, October 7 for a series of commemorative posts dedicated to slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya on the anniversary of her tragic death. We’ll have some new articles, excerpts from books, p...
October 5, 2007

IMF Gives Russia Tough Love

After complimenting Russia’s strong economic growth, the International Monetary Fund got down to business in statements made today: The IMF warned of the need to control government spending, saying it ‘would increase pressures for real...
October 5, 2007

Morbid Satire of Russian Politics by Viktor Shenderovich

From Courrier International, quoting die tageszeitung: Last week Russian President Vladimir Putin declared his intention of remaining active in politics after the next election. In an interview with Klaus-Helge Donath, the popular Russian satirist...
October 5, 2007

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct. 5, 2007

Members of pro-Kremlin youth organisations rally near cardboard cut-outs of President Putin and United Russia party leader Boris Gryzlov. (Photo: Reuters) Putin’s decision to head the pro-Kremlin Unified Russia party’s list of candidates for...
October 4, 2007

Judith Armstrong: Russia pounces on those who question Putin

Judith Armstrong of the Contemporary Europe Research Centre in Australia has published an excellent opinion article in one of Australia’s largest newspapers about Robert Amsterdam’s recent visit and the complexity surrounding the myth ...
October 4, 2007

Khodorkovsky Breaks His Silence

From the Associated Press: In missive from Siberian prison, tycoon Khodorkovsky makes appeal for living by high morals MOSCOW: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former billionaire oil tycoon who has become a poster boy for the political opposition, has sent...
October 4, 2007

Satisfied with the Status Quo?

Are things in Russia better or worse than a year ago? The Economist has a new editorial on the one year anniversary of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya: But she would have noticed some flickers of good news too. Kremlin pressure against Estonia, G...