Bloomberg reports that Russia is sending record amounts of oil to Asia, in particular to South Korea and Japan, undermining the Middle East’s traditional dominance. Ruth Collins in the Guardian highlights the energy issues that could p...
Reuters has five facts about Sergei Pugachev, whose lender IIB has become Russia’s first bank to renege on its foreign debt in a decade, after defaulting on $453 million of bonds. Russia is apparently looking for a controlling stake in...
TODAY: Relatives of researcher Igor Sutyagin suggest imminent release part of US-Russia spy swap; Russia protests Clinton’s terminology on Georgia breakaway territories; START faces Republicans. Threats to curators; CSCE to re-consider...
Steve Levine quotes Stephen Sestanovich on this apparent story of a spy swap for political prisoner Igor Sutyagin: It’s a relief to have Igor Sutyagin out after what he’s been through. But let’s recognize there’s been a ter...
The news that Mezhprombank, a mid-sized Russian financial institution chaired by a close friend of Vladimir Putin, Sergei Pugachyov, has defaulted on €200 million in eurobonds – Russia’s first default to foreign obligations in a decade...
Better late than never? Sen. John Kerry comes out in defense of the Obama administration’s new START treaty with Russia following the drubbing by Mitt Romney, opening up what we expect will be a long, targeted offensive from the Republ...
I didn’t ever consider that the spy story could get any stranger … and then this comes from AFP: Moscow is planning to release a Russian arms expert convicted of espionage in exchange for members of the alleged spy ring arrested in the...
After one year’s standstill Bulgaria has agreed to serve as a transit country for the South Stream pipeline with, the Moscow Times suggests, the Kremlin sweetening the deal through ‘additional rewards’. Bloomberg reports th...
Oleg Deripaska has told reporters that ousted Norilsk Nickel chairman Alexander Voloshin will be reinstated at the next meeting of the company’s investors, due to a government request. Deripaska says the company will ‘fight to th...
TODAY: Hermitage Capital executive receives death threats; Moscow police pursue Memorial chief for Kadyrov comments; FSB extra power measures dropped by Duma after protests; Putin suggests hanging as punishment for corruption. Russia says US missi...
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