If anyone had any illusions about the state of media freedom in Russia, they will have been put to bed by yesterday’s ugly and unabashed intervention in the work of Kommersant publishing house. Kommersant Vlast editor-in-chief Maxim Kovalsk...
In today’s Moscow Times Yulia Latynina takes issue with Other Russia leader Eduard Limonov’s incendiary stance on how the Russian ‘evolution’ should be managed, (revolution would be a better option, he suggests). ‘Pi...
Moscow and Kiev are contemplating an agreement to divide control of Ukraine’s pipelines between themselves, excluding European participation from a deal aimed at securing gas supplies to European consumers. Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has ...
As is all too often the case in the sphere of Russian politics, in order to understand the reality of seemingly organic shifts in the political landscape we must scrutinize its seamy side, which is mapped out in the shadowy corridors of the Kremli...
As is all too often the case in the sphere of Russian politics, in order to understand the reality of seemingly organic shifts in the political landscape we must scrutinize its seamy side, which is mapped out in the shadowy corridors of the Kremli...
One of the many threads to emerge from the dramatic events of last week is the ascendant role of social media. It was widely publicized last week that, prior to the protest rally in Moscow on Saturday, a Facebook group attracted 20,000 names who p...
One of the many threads to emerge from the dramatic events of last week is the ascendant role of social media. It was widely publicized last week that, prior to the protest rally in Moscow on Saturday, a Facebook group attracted 20,000 names who p...
The Financial Times reports on how, at the end of a year of major global upheavals sparking fluctuations in oil prices, traders have now added Russia to their risk lists. Prime Minister Putin has attended the launch of a new nuclear reactor at th...
Today’s news is packed with all sorts of opinion articles speculating on what sort of brave new world we are looking at after the December 10th protests. Naturally, much of this stargazing is wildly premature, but still irresistible nonethe...
There’s an interesting and revealing quote tucked away at the bottom of Ellen Barry’s piece in the New York Times today: There seemed little concern about that in the huge, swirling crowd, where university students chanted alongside el...
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