The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service has banned an ad campaign by a regional construction firm that features a President Medvedev-lookalike, supposedly after it received complaints from ‘disgusted‘ people who thought the campaign was R...
TODAY: United Russia changes tack on election strategy; Medvedev visits Armenia, wants bombers ‘destroyed’; evidence on plane crash passed to Poland; only one wildfire state of emergency remains; City Hall prohibits Khimki concert; VTs...
“The court, having heard the opinion of the participants in the process, considers that the motion of the state prosecutor Lakhtin on extending the term of detention of the defendants Khodorkovsky and Lebedev is grounded and subject to satis...
Gazprom Neft has increased its revenue by over 50% this quarter, ahead of a possible tender for the Trebs and Titov oil fields. Greenpeace is drawing attention to South Africa’s potential for maximizing its renewable resources, calling...
President Dmitry Medvedev says that Russia wants to cooperate on Afghan economic matters by ‘reviving Soviet-era public works‘, such as hydroelectric stations and bridges. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that Russia is negoti...
TODAY: Medvedev hosts Afghan, Pakistani and Tajik leaders and pledges support for Afghan peace efforts; Armenia extends Russia’s lease on its military base there over concerns about conflict with Azerbaijan; Lavrov defends sale of missiles t...
Writing in Foreign Policy, James F. Collins and Matthew Rojansky give ten reasons why the US would benefit from improved relations with Russia: A year and a half after Barack Obama hit the “reset” button with Russia, the reconciliation...
Newsweek has an interesting article today about the KGB’s long tradition of working (and playing) in Abkhazia and how this legacy has been passed on to the FSB and carried over to the present day. Here’s an excerpt: The Russian special...
Rudely interrupted from his vacation when wildfire smoke made Moscow air a health hazard, Mayor Yury Luzhkov is back on holiday again. Political opponents and some Muscovites criticized Luzhkov for responding too late to the emergency situation. P...
Moscow is getting tough on drinkers: no vodka sales in shops in the capital between 10 pm and 10 am. Affluent drinkers need not fear, though. Spirits will still be avaliable at bars and restaurants. The ban, which will be implemented in September,...
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