Pre-election stories from the hagiography of the Great and Inimitable Vladimir Putin – and this has been noticed not just by me for a long time already- have begun to appear more and more often in the Russian mass information media. You may ...
Transneft has not yet given up on Bulgaria, saying that it will push harder for permission to place an oil pipeline on its territory; the Bulgarian prime minister initially rejected the request, saying that Transneft had offered insufficient finan...
Consumers are having trouble finding buckwheat in stores, with prices set to rise by another 60% as supplies decline. World wheat prices have fallen slightly on optimism about Russia’s forecasted rains that are expected to aid the sowi...
TODAY: No conviction for Nemtsov; Putin immersed in wildlife; motorists protest zero-tolerance alcohol policy; local leaders protest Barnaul mayor’s dismissal; Russia’s Armenian defense deal ‘is not in Armenia’s interests&#...
Bloomberg brings a report about Russia’s richest politicians, originally published in the Russian edition of Forbes. Apparently, Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov has the highest household income. Here’s a short excerpt: Luzhkov, 73, earned 8 ...
Ahead of U2’s first-ever concert in Russia, Medvedev, who claims to be a rock fan with a penchant for Deep Purple, met with Bono at his summer villa. Bono asked Russia to contribute to the fight against AIDS. Reuters reports: Bono, sporting ...
Russia Profile has an article today about Putin’s latest proclamations about the fight against corruption. Analysts quoted in the article say Putin’s strong words belie an effort to simply shift the blame to the “lower and middle...
Dmitry Medvedev’s modernization plan includes the revival of a 50-year-old idea to improve efficiency and waste for Russia’s nuclear reactors. Analysts are speculating that Gazprom could have completed the Altai gas pipeline betw...
Reuters is running a profile on Sergei Ivanov, the governor of the Bank of Russia. Sberbank has bought a controlling stake in a joint venture between Deutsche Bank and Strabag, in hopes of ‘open[ing] new opportunities for the Russian r...
TODAY: Medvedev appoints new Kaliningrad governor; Nemtsov warns of revolution; Moscow forest fires extinguished; Putin credits Yeltsin with inspiring his current position, is put right by scientist on climate change claims; visa-free travel, viol...
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