TNK-BP’s deputy chief executive has told reporters that the company may buy a stake in the asset sale BP will organize to fund the cash-eating Deepwater spill clean up. Gazprom may purchase Hunt Oil’s stake in Yemen’s lique...
Today heralds the start of the Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus customs union: the Moscow Times reports there is some confusion as to its logistics. According to Bloomberg, Belarus will meet with the two nations on July 5 to discuss whether it...
TODAY: Decline of Russian democracy; independent mayor of Irkutsk turns to United Russia; Investigative Committee rejects charges against investigators in Magnitsky death; Nashi youth disrupt Limonov reading; Foreign Ministry softens reaction to s...
A new report (download here) has arrived in our mailboxes from the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law, which takes a look at the country’s human rights record during the first half of the year in which they ...
It sure didn’t take long, but I am pretty well exhausted by reading the latest article on Anna Chapman’s favorite singles bar or combing Mikhail Semenko’s LinkIn profile for meaningless details. Julia Ioffe gets it right in...
Russia and the United States have offered to hold talks with Iran on the provision of nuclear fuel for its Tehran medical reactor, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told reporters. Gazprom Neft CEO Alexander Dyukov has said that the c...
The Moscow Times takes an in-depth look at the battle raging between Rusal and Interros for control of Norlisk Nickel, ignited by the recent board members nominations. The aluminum giant has said an exchange-traded fund for the metal will be...
TODAY: Russian officials see anti-reset conspiracy in spy case; story met with mockery in some media quarters; US assures that issue won’t hurt ties; Clinton and Putin discuss matter. Major democratic decline reported in Russia; Limono...
A good article from David Hearst in the Guardian points out that 1) nobody should be surprised that undercover SVR agents were operating in the United States (there’s a whole series of books on the subject), and 2) other nations such as the ...
It’s only Tuesday, but my favorite headline of the week so far comes from New York magazine: Russia to U.S.: How Dare You Bust Our Secret Ring of Idiot Clown Spies? Also, as though the media weren’t already having too much fun, it appe...
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