Party Card for an Armored Train from the Past By Grigory Pasko, journalist When I was 13, or maybe 14, I remember standing on a stage and reciting Alexander Bezymensky’s poem “The Party Card” [Partbilet]. This was no ordinary poem, but a thriller ...
Daniel Fried, assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, testified today before the Helsinki Committee in Washington, remarking that although the United States wants to build positive relations with Russia, it would hold the c...
On Wednesday, I published a brief opinion on Russia’s claim that their constitution prohibits the extradition of any Russian citizen – a claim that came forward from the Prosecutor General’s office in response to Britain’s ...
Attached is a translation of an interview with Robert Amsterdam published in the German newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt. A scan of the clip can be downloaded here. Justice: The Lawyer for Former Yukos Head Jailed in Siberia Makes Accusations agains...
Imagine my dismay when I picked up the International Herald Tribune today, only to read the following headline on front cover: Europe’s Energy Giants Call for Business as Usual with Russia Yes, it seems that with particularly bad timing, Eni...
Austria’s OMV is the latest to fall for Gazprom’s charms By Derek Brower YESTERDAY’S agreement between Austria’s OMV and Gazprom has left the EU’s strategy another few feet closer to the shredder. The memorandum of understanding, signed during a v...
From “For Human Rights,” a Russian NGO led by civil society hero Lev Ponomarev, we offer the attached translation of a newsletter which chronicles the episodes of persecution of protesters and dissidents during the EU-Russia Summit in ...
Coinciding with Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to Austria, the attached opinion article authored by Robert Amsterdam was published in the Austrian newspaper Die Presse. During his time in Vienna, Putin made a big show out of commending Austri...
Travel Notes: Journalists in Samara By Grigory Pasko, journalist There’s a magazine in Samara Oblast called «Soyuz». The editor-in-chief of this magazine is Alexander Komrakov. Before I left for Samara to cover the EU-Russia summit for this blog, ...
The Lugovoi Extradition Request: Another case of à la carte legalism The next chapter in the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning opened this week as the UK identified its prime suspect in the case. Andrei Lugovoi, who returned to Russia after leaving a...
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