The Land Where You Sit: “Life is short. Be a little more patient.” (a saying by Andrey Knyshev) Grigory Pasko, journalist There’s a word in the Russian underworld “blat” jargon – nishtyak. True, most people don’t really know what it means. They mo...
I have just by chance come across the work of a young Russian-American artist named Yana Payusova who recently had an exhibition titled “Russian Prison Series.” Payusova’s work shows a high level of interest in the imprisonment o...
Today we are pleased to present one of our most extensive and exlusive translations of Lev Ponomarev‘s human rights work as part of Zek Week. This detailed report on the human rights situation for prisoners of the Udmurt Republic contains pe...
Release Day Is Very Hard Grigory Pasko, journalist In one of the Soviet songs about the war [the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945)—Trans.] there are the words: “the last battle – it is the most difficult one”. Former prisoners have told me that in p...
Russian reality proves: marasmus makes you stronger Grigory Pasko, journalist For starters, a definition. Marasmus – serious malnutrition occurring in infants, resulting in a reduction in body weight to below 75% of the normal weight for their age...
Strong faith and a clear conscience An exclusive interview with the priest who was defrocked for supporting Khodorkovsky By Grigory Pasko, journalist Sergey Mikhailovich, please tell us a bit about yourself. For example, about how you were a polit...
By Tom Nicholls BP, Eni, Petro-Canada are in the running for a stake in Baltic LNG. Four foreign companies have been shortlisted for an equity share in the venture, according to a source involved with the project, and two of them are likely to be ...
John Browne was due to leave BP anyway. But his premature exit could still herald more bad news for the company By Derek Brower, journalist IN THE end, it wasn’t the fatal fire at the Texas City refinery in 2005 that did for Lord Browne, BP’s outg...
Here’s a quick pop quiz: Russia may not be a reliable energy partner for Europe because… A) state control over Gazprom and Rosneft guides decisions toward political, not commercial interests, as demonstrated by recent supply cut offs, ...
UPI today reported that China and Russia head a list of 12 U.S. trading partners on a priority watch list of violators of intellectual property rights. “Innovation is the lifeblood of a dynamic economy here in the United States, and around t...
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