Gazprom logo in front of Russia’s government building in Moscow. Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has warned it would cut gas supplies to Ukraine, which transports 80% of Russian gas supplies to western Europe, if Kiev did not pay over a billion...
Being back in the United States this week has me recalling my youth growing up in the Bronx, New York, where, like everyone else, I was a dedicated baseball fanatic. As it happens, today marks the 24th anniversary of the retirement of one of my fa...
As promised, the Kremlin-organized youth brigades are making life difficult for the Russian opposition – breaking up meetings, picketing their events, and threatening to violently crack down on any public demonstration. In this Reuters clip,...
This week marks the anniversary of the 1993 upheaval in Russia, when Boris Yeltsin order troops to storm parliament. Slate is running an excellent photo essay that I recommend to readers. MOSCOW—The partially burnt out White House (Parliament buil...
Gazprom says it is owed $1.3 billion for gas deliveries in the first nine months of the year and that if it doesn’t get paid by the end of the month, it will start reducing gas supplies to its neighbour. Gazprom will cut gas flows to Ukraine if $1...
Here’s a familiar routine of dueling headlines from Russia’s state-owned energy giant. IHT: Gazprom acts to reassure Europe on natural gas WSJ: Gazprom Threatens to Cut Ukraine Gas Deliveries It seems that Moscow is delivering on its p...
Sonya Sceats, an Associate Fellow in International Law at Chatham House, has a new article about human rights legislation in the United Kingdom. Download the full paper here; see excerpt below: The Human Rights Act, incorporating into law most of ...
Today the FT is carrying a report on Russia’s booming advertising market – speculated to be the seventh largest in the world. A walk through central Moscow is proof that advertising is big business in Russia. Across the road from Ms Yu...
President Vladimir Putin looks on while attending a congress of the United Russia party in Moscow, Monday Oct. 1, 2007, at which he suggested he could become prime minister, the strongest indication yet that he will seek to retain power after he s...
Finnish Minister of Defence Jyri Häkämies speaks very clearly on Russia From John Vinocur in the International Herald Tribune: “The three main security challenges for Finland today are Russia, Russia and Russia. And not only for Finland, but...
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