Rosneft, Gazprom Neft and Tatneft to begin ‘serious deliveries‘ of gasoline to Iran in a month? Ukraine will be forced to raise consumer gas prices from next month due to demands, not from Russia, but from the International Monet...
Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina is urging foreign investors to get involved with Russia’s planned $29 billion privatization scheme which, she insists, is not just about raising budget funds, but ‘a way for us to influen...
TODAY: Forest fires and heavy pollution; Khimki activists; Medvedev’s human rights chief resigns her post, Kommersant’s Mikhailin resigns from police council; murky business of stray animals; Russia could partner with NATO on missile d...
The war of words between Russia and Iran over sanctions seems to be having no impact on preparations for the Bushehr nuclear power plant, which is apparently due to be finished at the end of August, says a Rosatom source. ConocoPhillips is p...
Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin has spelled out Russia’s intent to sell $29 billion of its assets, ‘allaying investors fears about the transparency‘ of the plan. The Kremlin has apparently earmarked $132 million for spending...
TODAY: Medvedev orders Kremlin corruption investigation, signs law extending FSB powers as the service looks set to expand; Khimki forest activists trash admin building? YouTube to be blocked by court order; Moscow smog levels ten times above safe...
Suddenly it seems that spies are everywhere. According Czech newspaper reports this week, three generals were dismissed from the Czech military last year because of contacts with an alleged Russian spy. Robert Rachardzo, also known as Robert R, wo...
In an insightful column in the Moscow Times today, Matthew Hulbert takes a look at the recent BP reshuffle and how it might play out on the Russian market. Here’s an excerpt: [I]f BP is to survive, it must surely look beyond the United...
Russia celebrates a new official holiday today, commemorating the country’s convesion to Christianity. According to a Reuters report published in the Washington Post, this is another sign of the growing influence of the Orthodox Church...
Over at Foreign Policy’s blog, The Cable, Josh Rogin suggests there may be enough Republican senators voting in favor of the New START in order to get the treaty passed: As the Senate Foreign Relations Committee gets ready to vote on Preside...
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