TODAY: Ultra-nationalist rally averted in Moscow; Nemtsov to appeal against arrest in EU Court of Human Rights; Gryzlov cautions against talks of Khodorkovsky-prompted sanctions; 2011 to be year of ecological activism? Kasparov offers bleak vision...
From James Beadle in The Moscow Times: But once again, Russia’s popularity as a target for investment of all forms will be hindered by insecure political structures. Foreign direct investment will be the biggest victim. Learning from Yukos, ...
Alexey Kovalev has an interesting article on the technology facilitating the grassroots-led anti-corruption effort growing in Russia. If Medvedev’s reformist entourage doesn’t have the chutzpah to get the job done over Yukos, Her...
Apparently Russia is considering Tehran’s invitation to visit its nuclear facilities ‘with interest’. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has insisted that sanctions have deterred Iran in its pursuit of nuclear power.&nbs...
Bloomberg reports on the work of whistleblowing lawyer and corporate shareholder Alexey Navalny, who is apparently determined to expose corruption across big businesses in Russia. Russia’s largest food store chain Magnit saw its sales ...
TODAY: Pro-Kremlin youth group approach Boris Nemtsov; negative outlook for demonstrations; eyes turn to Belarus as government threatens to separate opposition family; EU considers sanctions. Viktor Bout’s wife claims to have been pressured ...
In an IHT article, Joerg Forbrig of the German Marshall Fund recommends that the EU take a tough stance against Lukashenko’s dictatorship. The situation of the democrats in Belarus today is a humanitarian disaster. Numerous people remain beh...
Interesting piece from EUobserver which is somewhat skeptical about Manuel Barroso’s upcoming charm visit to the capital of Turkmenistan, as the EU begins its effort to secure future natural gas exports potentially for the Nabucco pipeline.&...
Tom Fenton has an interesting article in Global Post on Russia’s “Murrow moment.” Leonid Parfyonov’s stunning speech to Russian TV executives at an award ceremony in November was ignored by Russian state television, but you...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has expressed concern that the Gulf States may be too lenient on Iran, insisting that the secretive power’s nuclear capacities ‘remain a serious concern’. Tehran’s Foreig...
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