An op/ed today in the Moscow Times argues that the Russian state’s continued insistence that the Litvinenko murder was actually carried out by enemies of the Kremlin is reminiscent of the murder of Bolshevik Sergei Kirov in 1934. This offici...
The now infamous diplomatic spat between the United Kingdom and the Russian Federation has illuminated a clear divide between two groups in Europe: those who have willingly blinded themselves to the recent conduct of the Kremlin in the name of ene...
Robert Amsterdam is quoted today in a Reuters story on Boris Kuznetsov. But that is not an isolated incident. Dozens of others have been subject to criminal prosecution or had to fight off official applications to strip them of their right to prac...
This week the Independent is running an interesting profile of Russia’s glamor-bureaucrat / eco-warrior / regulatory hammer, Oleg Mitvol – who famously applied his agency’s pressure on Royal Dutch Shell to force a major concessio...
Earlier this week we posted an exclusive translation of an article from Nezavisimaya Gazeta on the Kremlin’s controversial history textbook – the following is the second article in the series from journalist Oleg Kashin. (there is also...
The Khodorkovsky Affair – a Failure for Putin Russian Alternatives Conference Takes Place in Moscow By Grigory Pasko, journalist A conference entitled «Russian Alternatives» recently took place in Moscow. Three topics were on the agenda: the law a...
How is this for conflicting news stories? Financial Times: EU backs Britain’s stance on Russia Deutsche Welle: EU Wary of Being Dragged Into Britain-Russia Diplomatic Row The worst part is that even Brussels couldn’t tell you which story is ...
An excellent editorial in today’s Washington Post: Throwing the Books at Them Another remarkable coincidence in Vladimir Putin’s Russia MIKHAIL Khodorkovsky, once Russia’s richest man, is now one of Russia’s best-known poli...
The Former Secretary-General of the Council of Europe writes a letter to the Financial Times arguing that in fact Russia is legally able to extradite Andrei Lugovoi. Article opens door to extradition of Lugovoi From Prof Daniel Tarschys Sir, The c...
Is anyone out there actually concerned that the current diplomatic row between the United Kingdom and Russia will result in anything serious? I’m certainly not. Yet many in the press and in the blogosphere seem to think that we’re witn...
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