Over on the Guardian website, there is an article from a member of the Georgian government, which recommends that Tbilisi and Abkhazia seek to improve relations by setting up free trade zones, better roads, and education cooperation in local langu...
It’s always fun to pay attention to what kinds of official gifts are exchanged between countries and heads of state. Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, for example, is very fond of giving visiting dignitaries a replica of the sword of Simo...
Below is a press release regarding our latest client, the former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, which is being distributed via wire globally today. Please stay tuned to this blog for further news, commentary and information about the Tha...
Vladimir Putin has prompted outcry in Ukraine after he expressed in an ‘impromptu way’ the idea of a ‘merger’ between Naftogaz Ukrainy and Gazprom, which would place Ukraine’s pipelines under Russian control (wi...
Moody’s has a sunny forecast for Russia’s economy in 2010, suggesting that GDP may increase by 4% as the global economy enjoys a rebound. According to Bloomberg, Russia and China are apparently among the worst culprits for copyri...
TODAY: May Day opposition rally; Medvedev orders investigation into another death at Matrosskaya Tishina jail; activists detained in blue bucket protest; bombs in Caucasus; Russia and US push for nuclear weapon deal in Middle East; racism waning? ...
As many friends, colleagues, and readers of this blog are aware, for more than a year I have been working along with an international team to support Nasir El-Rufai, the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja, Nigeria, and defen...
Here’s a little story we picked up on the RIA Novosti tourism news website. A significant part of the income of Russia’s new client statelet, Abkhazia, comes from the Russian tourists who visit the balmy shores of the Black Sea. Since ...
Whenever one conjures an image of a slick and stealth Russian spy, you might think of the lethal efficiency of Andrei Lugovoi or perhaps the more literary John Le Carre-invented spymaster Karla. What you might not imagine is that one of the ...
The Deepwater oil spill is expected to reach US shorelines today. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov continues Russia’s energy offensive, pledging the country’s commitment to integrating the Kaliningrad nuclear plant with Europe̵...
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