Two Bürgermeisters – Two Views By Grigory Pasko, journalist The Oberbürgermeister [mayor] of Greifswald, Dr. Arthur König, met me and my translator at precisely the appointed time. “German punctuality”, I joyfully exclaimed. True, exactly half an ...
Today there is an interesting op/ed in the Wall Street Journal concerning the attempt by LVMH to buy Les Echos, France’s leading business newspaper – a debate mirrored only by the panic in the United States over the possible takeover o...
Next week a special program will be held on July 3 and 4 titled “Human Rights and Democracy in Russia” as part of the Finnish-Russian Civic Forum 2007 in Helsinki. Grigory Pasko, special correspondent to this blog, will be speaking on ...
Not the first time the iPod’s marketing fame has been deployed for rhetorical purposes. In an effort to convince Russia to tone down its rhetoric over the missile defense issue (and to stop threatening to retarget nuclear warheads at Europea...
Dmitry Trenin is now arguing that Putin could arrange for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitri Medvedev to share power – installing one in a weakened presidency, and the other as a stronger prime minister with a docile supporting cabinet. Points for cre...
Goldman Sachs is touting a new report today proclaiming that BRIC countries (Goldman’s nickname for the new powerhouses of Brazil, Russia, India, and China) are now home to more of the top 20 global energy companies by market capitalization ...
Today I came across news of the latest Russian invasion of London and New York: the arrival of Baltika beer. The arrival of Russian consumer consumer goods to Western markets is long overdue, and a very positive development for the private sector....
Today, on Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s 44th birthday, I’m proud to announce the launch of a French-language version of this blog, offering translations and unique content about human rights, politics, and the energy business in Russia for Fr...
An interesting confluence of events this week in European-Russian energy politics is revealing an acceleration toward catharsis. ENI has announced the South Stream pipeline “mega project” with Gazprom, Austria’s OMV is making mov...
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