Quoted by the Wall Street Journal, Dmitri Trenin has some useful explanations extracted below regarding the embarrassing incident of arrested spies in the United States. The question I keep thinking of was raised by Yevgenia Albats – w...
There is not one, but two lawyers in power in Russia. And both are ceaselessly talking about the necessity of perfecting the institutions of state: the judicial power, for example, the legislative… They talk and they talk… And nothing ...
I never thought I would read something positive from Robert Kagan regarding the Obama Administration’s Russia policy, but here you go: Finally, on an issue where the administration has been weakest, there was a sign of a shift. Amid the happ...
It shouldn’t be any surprise that some reactions in Russia to the arrest of 10 alleged spies are arguing for a conspiracy theory: “This strongly resembles a struggle of opposition forces against President Obama,” said Gennady Gud...
In case you have accidentally landed here instead of Bob’s Thailand blog, below is the press release and link to the full text of the letter sent out today to PM Abhisit, CCed to Navi Pillay of the United Nations.
According to the Moscow Times, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin caused a storm when he said that BP CEO Tony Hayward would soon quit and reveal his successor during a visit to Moscow. BP apparently defended its CEO in response. An aid...
Bloomberg reports that the IMF has advised Russia that it may need to use its currency rise to curb inflation and that the government should begin to scale back its ‘huge’ fiscal stimulus. Oleg Deripaska has been elected by share...
TODAY: Reset mood broken by US arrest of 10 alleged Russian spies; report claims that espionage was long-term and designed to penetrate policy making circles; Lavrov demands clarification; Obama ratings high among Russians. Anti–Luzhko...
By now you have probably read the news that the U.S. Justice Department has announced the arrests of ten individuals charged with spying on behalf of the Russian Federation, following the interception of messages instructing them to “search ...
Blogging at Foreign Policy, Preeti Aroon points to this recent quote by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a recent civil society conference: In one of my early discussions with Minister Lavrov, he said, ‘Well, you know, we don’t li...
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