As part of China’s plan to make its currency more widely convertible, two major Chinese banks have started trading the ruble for the first time. One analyst says: ‘China is the flavor of the month. Most people think it represents...
TODAY: Medvedev in online session with citizens; Russia and US to consult on North Korean nuclear program; Nemtsov attacked on return to Moscow; Russia Today reporters arrested in US; Pamfilova to receive state honors; Kremlin stamps out Zorkin...
On Nov. 17, the Russian journalist and television producer Manana Aslamazyan was awarded the TEFI Prize «For personal contribution to the development of Russian television». The ceremony took place in Moscow on the exhibition grounds of the the Al...
Tom Balmforth sorts out some speculations on the Viktor Bout-Igor Sechin nexus on the Moscow News. Whether or not these fellows worked closely together, it’s hard not to observe some professional overlap. Many theories on Bout’s ...
I am loving this wide-ranging, meditative essay by Andrei Loshak posted on OpenSpace.ru as well as openDemocracy on civic movements within the Russian internet vs. the presence of the state. The wildfires were a demonstration that we and the state...
Sergey Matyunin, editor of the indispensable RussianLawOnline.com, has an article in The Moscow Times on the president’s proposed reforms to the Civil Code, which will raise minimum capital requirements for companies by 50 fold, thereby impa...
Global warming is causing the greenhouse gas methane, usually trapped inside icy earth, to be released at an accelerated rate in Siberia, says this report. Poland is beginning a year-long analysis into a possible cross-border cable that woul...
Sergey Matyunin questions the business implications of Russia’s amendments to the Civil Code, suggesting that it could mean ‘the end of relatively low taxation in Russia‘. But businesses are looking set to pay significantly...
TODAY: NATO and Russia pledge mutual lack of threat, will cooperate on European missile shield; leaders urge START ratification; Beketov protests in Moscow; St Petersburg’s first gay rights demonstration ends prematurely following attack; ti...
Blogging on the FT’s beyondbrics, Charles Glover, speaking to Chris Weafer, presents the general view of Russia’s business community on the various calamities of Khodorkovsky, Browder, etc.: 1) they somehow deserved it, and 2) it...
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