By almost any account, the Russian opposition is fragmented, persecuted, and poorly organized. Why, then, does the Kremlin leadership put so much energy into quashing their occasional marches of a few hundred people with such brutality and i...
The Russian government has revised its forecast for how much gas Gazprom will export this year, reducing it by 5%, taking into account stiff competition from Qatar and Norway. Read in the FT a discussion of how oil prices significantly influ...
The central bank has cut interest rates for the 14th time in a yearlong cycle. Vladmir Putin has lambasted steel makers for plans to increase their prices by 22%. The Prime Minister has urged private firms to help the state keep prices...
TODAY: May 31st freedom to assemble rally broken up; Putin’s apparent support for right to protest scrutinized; as is recent exchange with anti-Kremlinite musician Yury Shevchuk. EU-Russia summit begins; Russia recruits human rights la...
Apparently Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrainy have agreed to ‘gradual’ progress towards a complete merger, once they have established a joint venture. Gazprom expects larger natural gas exports in 2010 than those of last year, Ria-Novo...
Belarus has snubbed the customs union meeting held with Russia and Kazakhstan, apparently due to ongoing differences of opinion on gas (Gazprom says Minsk must pay its $192 million debt to the Russian gas company before progress relating to the cu...
TODAY: Putin confronted about human rights by rock singer activist; migalka protest accelerating; gay pride parade held with no detention due to cat-and-mouse strategy; vigilantes target corrupt policemen; teenagers miss exams due to deputy’...
Over on the legal blog Opinio Juris they are pointing to a report in the New York Times of the jailing of an American law professor, Peter Erlinder, who was in Rwanda advising the political opposition. This arrest is likely to significantly ...
From the Wall Street Journal: Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is launching a charm offensive in an effort to win over the political middle ground after the worst political violence in modern Thai history, saying he is more intere...
The following is the latest press release on our firm’s work in Thailand. WAR CRIMES EXPERT JOINS INVESTIGATION OF BANGKOK DEATHS BANGKOK, May 31, 2010: International war crimes expert Professor GJ Alexander Knoops has joined the internation...
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