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July 7, 2010

More Loathing than Fear in Russia Spy Scandal

Imagine the delirious celebrations which must have occurred last week within the editorial offices of media outlets like the New York Post, Daily News, CNN, and so many more upon receiving the news of the Department of Justice’s arrests of t...
July 6, 2010

Russia’s Sports Corruption Comes under Scrutiny

There’s no room to swing a cat without running into a fresh corruption story coming out of Russia, and in fact, it’s become hard to impress the hardened cynics.  But the latest public drubbing by the Audit Chamber of Russia’...
July 6, 2010

Russia is Happy to Help Out Obama and Clinton

Fred Weir of the Christian Science Monitor has an interesting interview with Andrei Klimov of the Duma foreign affairs committee, who explains why Russia is not reacting strongly to Hillary Clinton’s recent statements regarding Georgia, Ukra...
July 6, 2010

Mitt Romney vs. Obama’s START Treaty with Russia

The Republicans smell blood in the water on Obama’s reset policy with Russia, and here one of their leading contenders makes a formal stab at the START deal.  They can’t say they didn’t see it coming.  There are some bi...
July 6, 2010

Energy Blast – July 6, 2010

A draft energy plan from Bulgaria has suggested that Sofia plans to significantly curb its reliance on Russian energy with pipeline projects in Greece, Romania, Turkey and Serbia, the Moscow Times reports.  Russian First Deputy Prime Minister...
July 6, 2010

Today in Russian Business – July 6, 2010

GDP expanded for the fourth month running in June and at the fastest pace since November 2008, the latest GDP indicator from VTB Capital states.  Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have apparently voiced interest in joining the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhst...
July 6, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – July 6, 2010

TODAY: Hillary Clinton voices US disappointment on Russia’s ‘occupation’ of breakaway regions; reassures Saakashvili; Putin’s riposte; Kyrgyzstan president fears further unrest; Russia-Kazakhstan relations flourishing. Medv...
July 5, 2010

Brain Drain and Innovation in Russia

The Russian government has a number of programs underway to become a nanotechnology leader and create a Silicon Valley.  The problem is that some of the country’s best minds are not inclined to stick around under the current conditions....
July 5, 2010

Espionage in Russia’s National Interests?

This letter to the editor takes on a recent interesting article by Anatol Lieven in the Financial Times: From Dr Igor Torbakov. Sir, Anatol Lieven has again got Russia wrong (“Spies aside, Moscow has come in from the cold”, July 1). It...
July 5, 2010

Energy Blast – July 5, 2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has apparently suggested building a joint EU-Russia-Ukraine gas pipeline on its territory.  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that U.S. energy majors can assist Ukraine in reducing its depend...