This from the New York Times Idea of the Day blog. As if the Sochi Olympics didn’t already have enough problems: Not enough sports-related international tension in the air for you, with the World Cup in full swing? Look no further than...
With a mounting death toll, an Uzbek refugee exodus of unmanageable proportions, and fears that the strategic route for NATO supplies to Afghanistan will be disrupted, international attention has been rapidly drawn to the question of how to quell ...
This week’s energy reports have been replete with references to Bulgaria’s sudden change of heart regarding two major energy infrastructure projects with Russia. On Friday, the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov made the sur...
Bulgaria’s deputy foreign minister has suggested that the European Nabucco gas pipeline project is more important for the country than the Russia-backed South Stream project. An analysis from Stratfor examines the tergiversations...
An ex-lawyer for Yukos, Pavel Ivlev, who now leads the Committee for Russian Economic Freedom, has send an email warning to nearly 1000 foreign participants in the upcoming Economic Forum against having any illusions about doing business in Russia...
TODAY: Kyrgyzstan violence continues, CSTO to send in helicopters; US human trafficking report published; Medvedev unexpected trip to Chechnya; Iran demands missiles; Latvian arrested over Arctic Sea; Baluva test; rally against police lawlessness;...
According to Reuters, Iran is putting the finishing touches to a $7 billion ‘peace pipeline’ deal to export natural gas to Pakistan by 2015. Vladimir Putin has reportedly approved a proposition by French oil major Total to encour...
Car maker AvtoVAZ apparently anticipates total car sales in Russia to exceed 1.7 million this year, from 1.47 million in 2009, on the back of the state-endorsed cash-for-clunkers scheme. The company also plans to slash 10% of its workforce, ...
TODAY: Escalation of ethnic unrest in Kyrgyzstan prompts government to seek Russian help; Kremlin sends paratroopers; Kazakhstan concerns about politics of customs union; missile sales to Iran to stay on ice. Trifonova death cause establishe...
This one is a couple days old, but worth checking out. From David J. Kramer blogging at Shadow Government (FP): There is no denying the vastly improved tone and rapport between the American and Russian presidents compared to the end of the B...
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