Does a cyber-attack constitute a military attack? Anne Applebaum discusses Estonia, Russia, and Nato in a new column: Of course, as is the way of these things, the attacks’ precise origin cannot be determined: Unlike classic terrorism, the e...
It appears the ransom paid by BP for its Siberian gas field was not enough. Today’s news that the company’s investment in the Kovykta field, one of its most important in Russia, is “days away” from having its license revoke...
Here’s a news segment from CNBC Europe, featuring interviews with various talking heads debating to what extent Europe itself should be blamed for its lack of unity on Russia policy.
Samara Policeman Sysuyev: “I’m not going to beat the demonstrators…” By Grigory Pasko, journalist On the eve of the march of those who disagree, the Samara police held a dress rehearsal of how they intended to cordon off the potential demonstrator...
So much for the “Friendship” Pipeline – the supply artery carrying up to 1.2 million barrels of Russian crude a day across Belarus and on to consumers Poland, Germany, Slovakia and the Czech Republic (10% of Europe’s oil). ...
With whom should the intelligentsia be? OR The fifth wheel on the armored cart 86 years from the day Andrei Sakharov was born has come to pass on 21 May By Grigory Pasko, journalist With the deaths of Andrei Sakharov and Dmitry Likhachev, the rank...
From the Guardian: A group of journalists at a state-controlled broadcast news agency in Russia have resigned en masse in one of the few open rebellions in recent years against censorship imposed by the Kremlin. Eight reporters from the Russian Ne...
Democracy, Putin Style On events in Samara on the eve of the Russia-EU summit By Grigory Pasko, journalist Photo of Volga riverbank in Samara by Grigory Pasko The manager assured me over the phone that the «Rossiya» hotel is located right in the c...
We’re proud to announce an upcoming series of eyewitness reports from our contributing Russian journalist Grigory Pasko, who traveled to Samara last week to observe the EU-Russia Summit. Unlike many other journalists who were obstructed, har...
(Photo) The Financial Times has come out with a plethora of great articles about Siberia today: 1. Industrial giants tap into frozen wealth Here are concentrated the bulk of Russia’s reserves – 85 per cent of its natural gas, 80 per ce...
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