Fresh on the heels of his latest excursion to a yachting race, the embattled CEO of BP Tony Hayward is in Russia this week meeting with Igor Sechin, and apparently calm “fears” over the company’s operations in the country. Actual...
The recently published report by Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Milov presents heaps of evidence showing that over the time of Vladimir Putin’s rule corruption has sharply increased, while the life expectancy of average Russian citizens has fall...
‘The G8 partners acknowledge our position’, says Arkady Dvorkovych on Russia’s Iran stance. President Medvedev is apparently concerned about the amount of nuclear fuel the CIA has reported finding in the Islamic Republic.&n...
President Medvedev has been tweeting from the G8 and G20 summits, conveying the news of changes to global financial rules. Russia does not support the idea of introducing global taxes for insurance in the event of major companies and banks g...
TODAY: Clinton voices concern over Magnitsky case; pro-Kremlin journalist found murdered; official throws cash away; ‘Etiquette for Foreigners’ guide under fire; 5 detained at St Petersburg pride rally; servicemen protest. Medvedev mak...
The UN Global Compact Leader Summit was held this week to discuss ways of fighting corruption across the globe. RFE/RL has an interview with the chair of the Transparency International watchdog group, Huguette Labelle, on the much-debated is...
Should Ray of Ray’s Hell Burgers ever be at a loss for an eye-catching menu item, he can certainly add a ‘reset burger’. Unless you are entirely impervious to news of a non-verbal nature or have been cruelly denied media ac...
Are the wheels about to come off the tandem? Brian Whitmore suggests it’s a real possibility, given that they’re trying to go in different directions; a fact which has been underlined by Medvedev’s modernization tangent.&nb...
This week President Dmitry Medvedev received perhaps the warmest welcome in recent memory of a Russian head of state during his visit to California and Washington DC . This warmth, fraternity, and sudden seemingly naïve trust placed into the relat...
‘We regret that a conflict erupted’, says Prime Minister Putin on the Russia-Belarus gas spat. Reports confirm that Russia has paid Belarus its gas transit fees, and has resumed supplies. A factbox on Russia’s relatio...
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