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June 17, 2011

Today in Russian Business – June 17, 2011

One year on, how many promises made by President Dmitry Medvedev at the last St. Petersburg International Economic Forum have come to fruition?  Certainly not all, says this article.  At a round table at this year’s event, India an...
June 17, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 17, 2011

TODAY: Putin’s new photographer raises eyebrows; Potemkin lawn; worm salad governor out; Troitsky to escape fine; Sochi mascot scandals continue. Belarus cautioned by the Kremlin on media freedom; Moscow plans anti-xenophobia campaign. ...
June 17, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 17, 2011

TODAY: Putin’s new photographer raises eyebrows; Potemkin lawn; worm salad governor out; Troitsky to escape fine; Sochi mascot scandals continue. Belarus cautioned by the Kremlin on media freedom; Moscow plans anti-xenophobia campaign. ...
June 16, 2011

MEPs Foresee Election Fraud

It’s a while off, but a European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee has preempted what we will doubtless be hearing as a complaint in December, namely that the parliamentary elections will not have been conducted with sufficient freedom an...
June 16, 2011

MEPs Foresee Election Fraud

It’s a while off, but a European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee has preempted what we will doubtless be hearing as a complaint in December, namely that the parliamentary elections will not have been conducted with sufficient freedom an...
June 16, 2011

Totem And Taboo

Amid all of the Economic Forum analysis and the pre-presidential race commentaries, it is refreshing to see Simon Shuster of Time magazine offer something of a guilty pleasure.  It is a well-known fact that the media in Russia are about as fr...
June 16, 2011

Energy Blast – June 16, 2011

Wrangling over prices has reportedly slowed Russia and China’s energy agreement talks, with China insisting it will pay no more than $250 per thousand cubic meters of gas.  Will the deal be made anyway?  Reuters reports on how a U....
June 16, 2011

Today in Russian Business – June 16, 2011

The Moscow Times introduces us to Russia’s answer to Davos, the St. Petersburg Economic forum which kicks off today.  Chinese President Hu Jintao will be the top foreign guest at the forum, implying, some suggest, an emphasis on the BRI...
June 16, 2011

Today in Russian Business – June 16, 2011

The Moscow Times introduces us to Russia’s answer to Davos, the St. Petersburg Economic forum which kicks off today.  Chinese President Hu Jintao will be the top foreign guest at the forum, implying, some suggest, an emphasis on the BRI...
June 16, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 16, 2011

TODAY: US presses Russia on rights abuses; bikers up in arms; army officer’s extraordinary bribes; competition for Prokhorov?  China takes Russian side on US missile defense; NATO Sec-General criticizes Russian ‘out of date’...