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August 21, 2007

Kasparov Warns Australia to not Sell Uranium to Russia

Opposition leader Garry Kasparov has an interview coming out tomorrow in Bulletin magazine in which he warns that John Howard of Australia could be in violation of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty if he sells uranium to Russia – uranium ...
August 21, 2007

Grigory Pasko: A Small Journey in Russia, Part 2

(see part 1 of this series here) Sketches from a Small Journey in Russia Part 2: Moscow-Petushki By Grigory Pasko, journalist Pokrov – 113th kilometer “…And so in these gaps I saw city lights, many lights and the vanishing station sign ‘Pokr...
August 20, 2007

Paul Kennedy: Worried About Putin’s Russia?

(AFP) Paul Kennedy, director of International Security Studies at Yale University, has a syndicated column about Russia out today. Largely a laundry list of Russian wrongdoing (including criticism of pipeline imperialism and energy expropriation),...
August 20, 2007

Derek Brower: Back on the agenda

The Nabucco pipeline project has looked moribund for months. Is a revival in sight? By Derek Brower, journalist ANALYSTS and journalists have been writing off Nabucco for months. But now it seems there could be life in the project yet. According t...
August 20, 2007

BBC Russia Gets Cut Off

Due to pressure from the licensing authorities, last Friday Bolshoye Radio, the Moscow distributor of the BBC’s broadcasts of Russian-language news decided to cut off the FM signal, and replace the content with locally produced content. The ...
August 20, 2007

RA: Fallout Over Nuclear Deals

The attached by-lined article by Robert Amsterdam was published in today’s Herald Sun, one of Australia’s leading newspapers. Fallout Over Nuclear Deals By Robert Amsterdam August 20, 2007 12:00am MOST Australians know their country ha...
August 20, 2007

Grigory Pasko: A Small Journey in Russia, Part 1

[Article introduction: Readers of the blog may have noticed that our intrepid Russian correspondent Grigory Pasko hasn’t been heard from for a while. No, he hasn’t been on vacation. On the contrary, Grigory has been busy traveling arou...
August 20, 2007

RA in the FT

Robert Amsterdam is quoted in today’s Financial Times: FT: Nest of deals triggers ownership questions In a deal inside a deal, reminiscent of Russian matryoshki or “nesting” dolls, US businessman Stephen Lynch has laid claim to o...