TODAY: Peaceful rally held to mark football fan’s death; Nemtsov released from jail, attacked with butterfly net, fails to attend small support rally; swine flu, HIV and crime on the rise; EU unlikely to lift visa restrictions; Melnikov hous...
Another item from the blog archives, originally published June 5, 2008. It may have been Deepthroat’s sage advice to “follow the money” that led Woodward and Bernstein to take down the Nixon administration, but for those seeking ...
More from the blog archives relating to BP’s Russia experience. The following was originally posted on March 19, 2008. Last we heard, the brothers were convicted of espionage – their current status (in detention? suspended ...
In light of the recent BP-Rosneft share swap and Arctic joint venture, we’re combing through our archives to re-publish some of the more interesting moments throughout BP’s tumultuous experience doing business in Russia. The foll...
Since the news first broke on late Friday afternoon, observers and oil obsessives have been scrambling all weekend to understand the meaning, precedent, and dimensions of BP’s announcement of its $7.8 billion tie up with the notorious Russia...
Oh boy. You’d think this reporter worked for RT rather that ITAR-Tass – usually they’re the ones who specialize in that whole political-sadism-at-moments-of-national-tragedy shtick. That said, this is totally being bl...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez maintains in detention varying numbers of political prisoners at any given time, but the case which has stood out the most over the past year has been that of Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni. Imprisoned for no rea...
Barring some remarkable turn of events, in about 14 months the first Medvedev presidency will come to an unremarkable conclusion. Perhaps sensing the ticking clock, and eager to leave his signature on at least one successful item of public p...
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated that Iran’s offer to tour nuclear facilities in the Gulf nation cannot be seen as a substitute for IAEA inspection. RFE/RL has a report on why Russia’s nuclear fuel bank ha...
According to the Moscow Times, Russia has been placed 143rd among the 183 countries on the Heritage Foundation’s annual economic freedom rating, with a score of 50.5, below the world average of 59.7. ‘Let’s admit that there...
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