As Russia enjoys its ten-day long New Year’s holiday, ‘some economists wonder whether the country can really afford such a long break, especially as ripples from the global financial meltdown are still being felt.’ Analyst ...
TODAY: Disillusion in Siberia; Strasbourg to discuss Khodorkovsky case; new film out on the Yukos trial; Viktor Bout trial to unlock Russian secrets? Lyudmila Alexeyeva asserts the need for protest to be legal; two activists jailed; Medvedev...
Today the Toronto Star is running an extensive profile of Robert Amsterdam – we’re grateful for their interest, and hope you enjoy. By Monday we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming. “I don’t think any r...
Just one week into 2011, the situation in Belarus continues to worsen. The severe crackdown following disputed elections in late December has resulted in hundreds of new political prisoners, gagged media, and regular police raids of various organi...
It was no secret that Gazprom’s biggest investment bait in the Barents Sea was riddled with problems and challenges, but the latest Wikileaks revelations in Norway show that even partner Statoil has serious reservations over the political ri...
Say what you will about Vladimir Putin’s extravagantly stage-managed photo ops, but variety is certainly not an issue. For this year’s Orthodox Christmas services, he strikes a favorite populist trope we haven’t seen in som...
The New York Times reports that a US diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks describes energy giant Gazprom as riddled with iniquities and is ‘inefficient, politically driven, and corrupt’. Australia’s coal industry may face...
Chrystia Freeland in the New York Times has a probing look at how the Khodorkovsky trial has effected investor decision-making: ‘I haven’t talked to one corporation that used the Khodorkovsky trial, as opposed to corruption more genera...
TODAY: Russia blasts US for criticisms of dissent crackdown; another two dozen detained as protests continue; Ilya Yashin released. Tupolev-154s to be grounded? Amendments for START; icebreakers continue rescue efforts; winning hockey ...
Judah Grunstein has a good piece in World Politics Review arguing that Turkey, rather than Iran, comes out as the biggest winner from the Iraq war debacle. However it is the degree to which Ankara comes into conflict with Moscow over regiona...
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