I have to confess that there is a certain admirable elegance to the criminal adventures of the Russian government – not only the strategies through which they drag other foreign corporations and politicians into their sticky webs of corrupti...
Following some brief talks at the APEC Summit in Sydney, Presidents George Bush and Vladimir Putin gave a short press conference, saying they discussed “important issues” and that the conversations have been “constructive” ...
Maria Sharapova of Russia reacts during her match against Casey Dellacqua of Australia at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows, New York, August 30, 2007. (Photo: Reuters) After Australian Prime Minister John Howard made it clear th...
Greetings from the land down under. As I come to the end of my visit to Australia, I thought I would take a moment to put down some thoughts for my blog readers. It has been a very interesting week here, both for the perceptive and talented people...
Today the Financial Times is reporting that the American entities who purchased stolen Yukos assets in August actually approached former management in an attempt to clear the titles. If this isn’t the most clear demonstration of complicity t...
Here is a short BBC news clip about Russia’s decision to lend the government $1 billion for the purchase of major weapons systems in a move that is widely interpreted as an extension of the Kremlin’s political clout in Southeast Asia. ...
Washington Profile has published an extensive interesting interview with Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute about Russia’s demographic crisis. For more info about these troubling birth rate and mortality trends, we also ...
A Chechen woman stands at the window of her flat which was ruined during more than a decade of separatist fighting in Chechnya, in Grozny, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007. (Photo: AP) Russia’s Supreme Court has overruled a decision from a lower c...
During a session at the Economic Forum in Krynica the Polish Minister of Economy warned that future energy supply disruptions from Gazprom were likely given the political control over the company. A representative from the Czech government also wa...
The Australian: Uranium ‘not safe with Putin’ Cameron Stewart THE Howard Government will announce a multi-billion-dollar deal on Friday to sell uranium to Russia at a time when Moscow is seeking to restore its military might across the...
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