Political Superheroes
The above is an image from the brilliant Superputin comic strip, rumored to be ‘part of a behind the scenes campaign‘ or ‘commissioned by the Kremlin‘ to keep political focus on the ruling tandem – increasingly i...
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Political Superheroes
The above is an image from the brilliant Superputin comic strip, rumored to be ‘part of a behind the scenes campaign‘ or ‘commissioned by the Kremlin‘ to keep political focus on the ruling tandem – increasingly i...
Energy Blast – May 25, 2011
Russia and China have postponed pricing discussions about Transneft oil supplies until next month’s St Petersburg economic forum. Ukraine is caught between deepening economic and political ties with the EU, and joining a Russian-led cu...
Energy Blast – May 25, 2011
Russia and China have postponed pricing discussions about Transneft oil supplies until next month’s St Petersburg economic forum. Ukraine is caught between deepening economic and political ties with the EU, and joining a Russian-led cu...
Today in Russian Business – May 25, 2011
Yandex’s shares, which reached $35 yesterday following its successful IPO, were valued at just $9 last November. The IPO will give Yandex the chance ‘to make an impact farther from its Russian heartland‘. Overall...
Today in Russian Business – May 25, 2011
Yandex’s shares, which reached $35 yesterday following its successful IPO, were valued at just $9 last November. The IPO will give Yandex the chance ‘to make an impact farther from its Russian heartland‘. Overall...
RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 25, 2011
TODAY: Khodorkovsky appeal rejected, international figures respond; Medvedev on extremism; Putin dismisses bureaucracy and registration for his People’s Front; protesters can look forward to ‘the Tornado’; Lavrov supports Palesti...
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Prisoner of Conscience
It was a long time coming. Today, following the Moscow City Court’s pre-ordained decision to reject the appeal of Mikhail Khodorkovsky & Platon Lebedev, Amnesty International has come forward to declare the two men as Prisoners of ...
More of the Same in the Khodorkovsky Appeal Hearing
Business columnist Joe Nocera of the New York Times has published a very strong article on the elaborately rigged judicial procedure to send Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev back to the gulag of Krasnokamens, Siberia. In China, when the cou...
More of the Same in the Khodorkovsky Appeal Hearing
Business columnist Joe Nocera of the New York Times has published a very strong article on the elaborately rigged judicial procedure to send Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev back to the gulag of Krasnokamens, Siberia. In China, when the cou...