OpenDemocracy has an interesting piece by Mikhail Zakharov of polit.ru, which takes a look at the Medvedev-Lukashenko spat – noting that the Kremlin is giving the President of Belarus much of the same treatment received by Viktor Yushchenko ...
Russia and Poland are due to review their gas supply contracts tomorrow, amid discussion that the current contracts could be shortened by twelve years. TNK-BP is reportedly in ongoing talks with gas trader Itera, and could take a 50% stake i...
In a video interview with Bloomberg, Central Bank deputy Alexei Ulyukayev denies that Russia’s weak ruble has anything to do with ‘currency wars‘. Sergei Pugachyov’s International Industrial Bank (Mezhprombank) h...
TODAY: Mitvol ‘illegally’ dismissed; Luzkhov given new university appointment, Muscovites approve his mayoral dismissal. Mitrokhin detained for protesting highway; Moscow’s poor alimony record; fortuneteller adverts to be b...
A couple of days ago I accidentally bumped into an acolyte of the GULAG, or, in more contemporary parlance – FSIN (the Federal Service for the Execution of Punishment). He’s been serving there for a long time, such an impression –...
Probably the best description of Vladimir Putin’s gangsta roll in public speaking events comes via Julia Ioffe: Vladimir Putin spoke at the the Russia Calling! investment forum organized by state-owned VTB bank today. It was awesome. Here...
This week Abhisit Vejjajiva, the Prime Minister of Thailand, is traveling to Brussels to attend to the 8th Asia-Europe Meeting, where in addition to discussing equality and economic growth with his regional counterparts, he will have the opportuni...
We still think that it is unlikely that Viktor Bout will ever make it over to the United States, but this latest dismissal of the second set of charges leaves his legal team with fewer strategic options to prevent extradition (it says a lot about ...
BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley has said that the path may be clear for TNK-BP to purchase $1 billion worth of Vietnamese assets as the company may not invite other parties to bid. TNK-BP is apparently looking to increase its presence in the g...
The New York Times has the low down on Vimpelcom’s grand plans to become the world’s fifth-largest mobile phone company and gain a foothold in Asia and Africa by buying the telecommunications network of Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawi...
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