Fred Hiatt of the Washington Post asks a reasonable question: if Putin is so popular, and if Russia’s power has been restored, then why does the Kremlin exhibit so many insecurities? Unfortunately, in the end, he is denied his answer… ...
40% Satisfaction, Babayevo Style By Grigory Pasko, journalist The little town of Babayevo, which recently celebrated its 100th birthday, is nestled on the shore of a small river, the Kolp. Everything is small in this town – the houses, the monumen...
The FT challenges Gazprom to put its money where its mouth is, and stop playing around with a yet to be revealed Centrica bid, and dramatic statements to the press about “a major acquisition” in the UK gas market. Gazprom and Vladimir ...
A analyst from the Cato Institute has a letter published in the FT today in response to John McCain’s recent article on Russia. US needs policy not laundry list to deal with Putin From Mr Justin Logan. Sir, John McCain suggests a host of iss...
The biggest problem with managing fraudulent elections and appointing the next president of Russia is that you just can’t be sure that individual “elected” will remain under your control. Though they may look calm and confident, ...
EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes(R) meets with Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip during her visit to Tallinn. Russia’s Gazprom would have to pull out of a controversial project to lay a pipeline in the Baltic Sea if new rules on e...
This editorial published today in the Wall Street Journal takes a crack at Putin’s call for a “new architecture” of international financial relations. I continue to strongly support Russia’s accession to the WTO, even if th...
The Construction Project of the Century: What the NEGP gas pipeline might bump up against By Grigory Pasko, journalist …It might bump up against politics and politicians. Then construction will either stop or, more likely, it will continue, but wi...
Click here to read the transcript and view the video of Robert Amsterdam’s interview with Tony Jones on Australia’s “Lateline.” TONY JONES: But if this Russian state is, as you argue, essentially hopelessly corrupt, what do...
This blog has been closely following the unfolding investigation by Austrian prosecutors into the activities of Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) in Russia, which was reported to have received upwards of $60 million from Diskont Bank in an alleged mone...
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