An analysis by Michael Stott at Reuters raises a few good questions on the general assumptions of Vladimir Putin’s unassailable popularity. But if Russia is so stable, critics ask, why did Moscow authorities erect the hoarding featuring the ...
In the aftermath of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzkov’s spectacular fall from grace, much attention was paid to his authoritarianism, his absenteeism, his penchant for protest quashing and forest crushing, and for the architectural eyesores and snarl...
William Hague’s visit to Moscow saw some friendly exchanges with Russian leaders, with both sides almost certainly seeing the advantages of trading their incidental disputes for a healthier ‘business and trade‘ relationship. &nbs...
Despite strained relations between the two, Russia may be willing to increase the volume of tax-free oil it supplies to Belarus, but the Kremlin first wants ‘conclusive proof‘ that Belarus’ domestic needs have increased. Uk...
The Center for Analysis of World Arms Trade, a Russian think thank, says that India received $9.87 billion worth of arms from Russia (60% of its total arms imports) in the period 2002-2009, making Russia its top supplier. Israel Aerospace In...
TODAY: British Foreign Secretary seeks to mend ties in Moscow; Prosecutor General acknowledges that corruption is not lessening; Fedotov to try to solve Strategy 31 conflict; Germany’s recovery throws Russia into relief; IOC satisfied with S...
Below is just a teaser clip from an event organized by Robert Amsterdam’s law firm last Sept. 28 in London, which brought together both the former Russian political prisoners Igor Sutyagin and Grigory Pasko to share their experiences and per...
Amy Knight at the New York Review of Books is the latest writer to push the popular view that Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov’s dismissal was the result of a Putin-Medvedev split (supported by Luzhkov’s statement to CNN that he was ‘su...
President Medvedev’s appointment of ex-press minister and former lawyer, Mikhail Fedotov, as the new head of the Kremlin’s human rights council has apparently produced mixed feelings in human rights circles. The prior occupant of...
TNK-BP’s proposed massive interim shareholder dividends (worth roughly $4 billion) ‘will be reinvested to finance the group’s Russian operations‘: analysts say the company must be ‘desperate to raise cash‘. &nbs...
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