Charles Glover of the Financial Times on the near-fatal beating of journalist Oleg Kashin. Irina Petrovskaya, a prominent commentator, said: “We all know only too well how such loud and resonant cases like the murder or attempted murder of a...
At the trial of the former owners of the Russian oil company YUKOS the procurators – the party of the state prosecution have completed their appearances in the final submissions. That is, the decreeing of the verdict of the judges of the Kha...
Sure, this is not a criminal state. A not-so-subtle threat from the FSB following the announcement that the Wikileaks website would publish a number of scandalous documents relating to corruption within the Russian government. From TIME: So ...
Julia Ioffe has a blog post up detailing some of the horrifying details of the inept investigation into the brutally violent beating of Kommersant journalist Oleg Kashin. Kashin’s friends report that the preliminary investigation was shoddy ...
Russia’s Sakhalin Energy project has posted a $1.266 billion profit for the first half of 2010. Reuters reports on Sakhalin’s extreme weather conditions and fears that a spill in Arctic conditions could create an unsolvable catastrophe...
Alexander Lebedev talks to the Telegraph about the threats he says he has received from the FSB in recent years, as reports emerge that his Ukrainian hotel was raided over the weekend. ‘[T]here is an undeniable pressure on independent ...
TODAY: Journalists demand full investigation into beating of Oleg Kashin, who is still in critical condition; Medvedev vetoes protest bill; Communist demonstration draws 4,000, veterans protest against Serdyukov; census shows population drop; FT w...
Who doesn’t love Brazil? Its raw beauty, bountiful human and natural resources, and strong economy have helped make it the democratic pearl of the BRIC nations. Few other countries have enjoyed such a prominent winning streak for...
Peter Baker at the New York Times picks up on the threat posed to the Obama Administration’s warming relations with Russia as a result of the elections this week. If he fails to win approval before the old Senate adjourns, Mr. Obama’s ...
Following a brief visit to Moscow, Jeff Bercovici of Forbes politely asks why Russian journalists continually face worse and worse conditions, with an emphasis on the recent savage attack on Oleg Kashin of Kommersant. The journalists I met, both t...
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