President Lukashenko says that Belarus is ready to join the Russia and Kazakhstan customs union, whilst lamenting shaky diplomatic relations post gas-spat: ‘They [in Russia] are rudely but professionally falsifying everything we say and make...
TODAY: Clinton decries state of human rights in Russia amongst other nations; family of murdered Forbes Russia editor to sue?; mayor imprisoned after taking on FSB; Olympic medals cost fortune. Clinton signs Russia-irking missile defence deal in P...
Is this big news, or just more of the same? From Bloomberg: Russian lawmakers say they plan to overhaul the law on economic crimes, resulting in the early release of as many as 100,000 imprisoned executives and entrepreneurs as the governmen...
In a recent interview with the French publication Les Echos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky answered questions about what he would do if released into freedom, and addressed earlier statements he has made regarding renewable sources of energy. He answered, ...
Russian oil output reached a record-high level in June and remained above 10 million barrels per day for the tenth month in a row, allowing Moscow to maintain its predominance over Saudi Arabia. Belarus has just increased transit fees for Ru...
As the government seeks to attract foreign investment, Russian lawmakers have announced they intend to transform the law on economic crimes, which would result in the early release of as many as 100,000 imprisoned businesspeople. A senior Un...
TODAY: Vedemosti receives extremism warning; investigative committee turnaround on Magnitksy case; anti-Putin pamphlet released; Forbidden Art case could herald troubles for culture. One ‘suburban spy’ apparently confesses; US ap...
Ian Bremmer, author and founder of Eurasia Group, has always been pretty good at delivering the “view from 10,000 feet” type of stuff, and his latest on Russia in Foreign Policy keeps it up. Medvedev’s recent friendly relat...
The Washington Post editorial on the spy ring today is a little too neat and tidy for my tastes: Why would the successor to the KGB invest so much money and effort “to infiltrate academic, policymaking and government-connected circles,”...
Steve LeVine digs up good stuff on one of the original spies from Russia’s “illegals” program, Nikolai Khokhlov. Maybe the spy ring of 11 underground Americans were simply awaiting their eventual orders, if they ever came. ...
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