The Construction Project of the Century: Kilometer Zero: Gryazovets By Grigory Pasko, journalist The map you see below was published in a booklet dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Gryazovets line-and-production administration of trunk gas p...
Couldn’t have said it better myself. Congresman Tom Lantos as quoted by Deutsche Welle: The congressman provoked gasps of amusement and surprise in the crowd of several hundred when he then said he would like to call Schröder “a politi...
Stymied by their continuing diplomatic brouhaha with the UK over mutual extradition requests, the brilliant minds inside the Kremlin have set the dogs loose on just about every British institution and business within reach to ratchet up the pressu...
Click here to listen to an interview by Fran Kelly with Robert Amsterdam on Australia’s Radio National. Full transcript can be downloaded here, and below is just one excerpt. FRAN KELLY: Well, talking of nuclear technology, you’re here...
For some time now I have been promoting the view on this blog and in discussions with journalists that it is wrong to blame Vladimir Putin and his inner circle for Russia’s rapid retreat from democracy and rule of law. It is wrong because, g...
Click here to listen to an interview with Robert Amsterdam on Radio New Zealand, where he discusses the background of his work in Russia, and the political basis of the new charges against Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
From Georgy Bovt in the Moscow Times: It is clear that Putin and Gandhi are kindred souls in at least one aspect: Both see, or saw, themselves as people with a mission. It is abundantly clear that Putin sees himself this way, and the importance of...
To break up a anti-government protest in Murmansk, it appears the authorities have resorted to dumping copious amounts of fecal matter in public areas as a deterrent. It is difficult to think of a more insulting gesture, however I won’t hold...
I saw a very interesting post over at the nEUrosis calling upon the European Union to ease visa restrictions for Russians. I wholeheartedly agree with this blogger’s opinion – Russians are not second class citizens and there is absolut...
An article has just came across the wire from the Financial Times debating not whether Medvedev or Ivanov would get the presidential appointment (not to be confused with a democratic election) – but rather whether the “third-term silov...
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