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May 14, 2007

Russia Plays Hardball with the Czechs

Below is an exclusive translation of long feature article on Russia-Czech relations quoting RA from the Prague-based magazine Týden. The Possible Results of Upsetting a Russian By Daniel Deyl, Týden weekly Czech businesses on the rocks, deserted h...
May 14, 2007

Rice: No New Cold War

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today that the relationship with Russia needs intensive diplomacy, but said that relations were not at all comparable to the Cold War. ”I don’t throw around terms like ‘new Cold War,...
May 14, 2007

Russia Moves to Block the Trans-Caspain Export Route

Just one day after we posted an article about Russia’s energy agenda for Central Asia, a major pipeline deal is announced that further consolidates Moscow’s control over energy exports from the region, outflanking Western attempts to o...
May 14, 2007

Grigory Pasko: Dancing On the Graves

Dancing On the Graves By Grigory Pasko, journalist God is my witness – I really didn’t want to write on this subject. Because in any event, I’m taking it out of the blue. Let me start by saying that I don’t fully share the view of the overwhelming...
May 11, 2007

Russia’s Capture of Central Asian Energy

Vladimir Putin and Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov together for the groundbreaking ceremony for the Alexander Pushkin Russian-Turkmen School. Here Putin decides in which direction the cement (and natural gas) will flow. (Photo b...
May 11, 2007

Blog-Carnival Russian Media

Today we received an interesting item in the mail regarding a mass blogging project to generate diverse debate before the Russian parliamentary elections. This appears to be the pet project of Swiss blogger Jürg Vollmer, and while we’re awar...
May 11, 2007

Grigory Pasko: Interview with Sergey Gulyaev

A Very Likely Candidate An exclusive interview with one of the leaders of the Russian opposition, Sergey Gulyaev By Grigory Pasko, journalist One of the organizers of the recent March of Those Who Disagree in St. Petersburg was a former deputy in ...
May 11, 2007

“A New Species” of Bureaucratic Capitalists

Lilia Shevtsova of the think tank Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is quoted in today’s Financial Times remarking on the rise of “a new species” of bureaucratic capitalists in the Kremlin. From the FT: “The slow murder ...
May 11, 2007

Robert Amsterdam in the Guardian: Where Business is Politics

RA has an op/ed column running today on the Guardian website. Where Business is Politics The British government should take action to protect investors in Russia By Robert R Amsterdam At the recent Russian Economic Forum, the British secretary of ...
May 10, 2007

Comments on the Final Yukos Auctions

As many of you are aware, tomorrow the bankruptcy liquidator will be holding the final auctions of Yukos assets, and, as we all expected, Rosneft is raking in the lion’s share of oil production assets at vast discounts (just 7.4% above the o...