Writing in Asia Times Online, MK Bhadrakumar has a good article reviewing Sec. of State Hillary Clinton’s recent tour of the former Soviet neighborhood, and a number of stinging statements in response from Russia’s Ministry of Foreign ...
Below, an excerpt from the Boston Globe book review of John Mosier’s Deathride: Hitler vs. Stalin — The Eastern Front, 1941-1945. I wonder if such a text would be banned by Russia’s history commission (if it still exists).&...
We’ve blogged in the past about Peter Early’s book on the Russian turncoat spy Sergei Tretyakov, and today’s news of his death at the age of 53 comes as a very big surprise, especially given all the attention to his disclosures o...
State uranium producer ARMZ saw net income increase 23-fold last year to $217 million as output increased and assets were purchased. BP shares have seen steady gains over the past two weeks as the oil company gets closer to stemming the flow...
‘Business in our country is like wrestling with bears’ says Alexander Lebedev in a Bloomberg interview where he addresses the pitfalls of earning grand sums of money in Russia. On a similar note, RFE/RL has a disturbing report on...
TODAY: Biggest spy swap since Cold War apparently underway; Russian suspects plead guilty in New York; the ‘suburban spies’ exchanged for four pardoned by Russia; a case of pragmatism over pessimism? Duma defence approves START; ...
We have previously blogged about the courageous activities of Business-Solidarity chairwoman Yana Yakovleva, who, following a stint in jail on allegations of tax evasion she maintains were unjustified, dedicates her time to militating against what...
Russia! magazine has an exclusive today on a letter it obtained from a Russian lawyer whose client has been the victim of an attempted asset seizure, by the same group of Russian officials who were involved in the death of Sergei Magnitsky (and wh...
Just to keep abreast of the rapidly-moving spy swap story, which apparently may be finalized today: a report is out in the New York Times that jailed scientist Igor Sutyagin has been released, traveled it to Austria and called his father from Vien...
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