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June 13, 2011

Russia Lags Behind In Rule Of Law

Today the World Justice Project has released its annual Rule of Law Index, which traces various factors relating to accountability and rights protection across the globe.  This year’s report has, unsurprisingly, highlighted some major c...
June 13, 2011

Energy Blast – June 13, 2011

On Friday, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin officially stepped down from the board of Rosneft following Medvedev’s purge of government officials from state corporations.  The former chairman has reiterated what he views as BP’s c...
June 13, 2011

Energy Blast – June 13, 2011

On Friday, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin officially stepped down from the board of Rosneft following Medvedev’s purge of government officials from state corporations.  The former chairman has reiterated what he views as BP’s c...
June 13, 2011

Today in Russian Business – June 13, 2011

Friday’s EU-Russia ‘vegetable summit’ ostensibly ended on a happy note with Russia agreeing to lift a ban on vegetable imports from the European Union if the union provides safety guarantees on produce.  According to Reuters...
June 13, 2011

Today in Russian Business – June 13, 2011

Friday’s EU-Russia ‘vegetable summit’ ostensibly ended on a happy note with Russia agreeing to lift a ban on vegetable imports from the European Union if the union provides safety guarantees on produce.  According to Reuters...
June 13, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 13, 2011

TODAY: Protestors thwarted on Russia Day; Russia’s only convicted war criminal slain; Moscow fares badly in rule of law report; Magnitsky-linked officials fired; Khodorkovsky dispatched to unknown location.  Russia ignores UN talks on S...
June 11, 2011

Tandemology and the Russian Media’s Spin Cycle

Oh, the excitement and intrigue of Russian politics in election season … high-powered advisers are getting canned, officials demoted, fake parties are dissolved and replaced with different fake parties, while famous oligarchs are disappointi...
June 11, 2011

Tandemology and the Russian Media’s Spin Cycle

Oh, the excitement and intrigue of Russian politics in election season … high-powered advisers are getting canned, officials demoted, fake parties are dissolved and replaced with different fake parties, while famous oligarchs are disappointi...
June 10, 2011

Vegetable Summit – Chances of a Healthy Outcome?

The Kremlin’s blanket ban on European vegetable imports over the cucumber ‘stink’ has, some have said, threatened to poison EU-Russia relations at today’s meeting between President Dmitry Medvedev, Foreign Minister Sergei L...
June 10, 2011

Vegetable Summit – Chances of a Healthy Outcome?

The Kremlin’s blanket ban on European vegetable imports over the cucumber ‘stink’ has, some have said, threatened to poison EU-Russia relations at today’s meeting between President Dmitry Medvedev, Foreign Minister Sergei L...