The New York Times on the Daimler case: ‘the latest in a series of cross-border investigations into corporate bribery that appears to reflect a stark difference in how Russian and foreign governments approach corruption‘. Dm...
TODAY: Stalin posters still a bone of contention; Russia to demand greater powers over adoptees in the U.S.; mayor taken hostage; smiles found lacking; Freedom House; metro militant killed?; Lavrov sounds threatening over Iran; Ukraine partnering ...
We all know that the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) grouping of emerging economies is a compelling concept, but the hype is just getting completely disproportionate to the economic and geopolitical reality. This video segment from A...
Probably the most well known contemporary political assassination of a Russian citizen abroad, aside from the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, was the killing of Umar Israilov in Vienna in January 2009. Israilov, a Chechen exile and a form...
So to the surprise of approximately no one, the Kremlin finally reaped its first post-election rewards in Ukraine, when they bought themselves an extension of the lease for the naval base at Sevastopol in exchange for a cheap gas package for their...
The U.S. Coast Guard is saying that the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is likely five times worse than previous estimates suggested, after a new leak was discovered. Shell has sent in reinforcements to try and help clear the slick. ...
Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies will buy the ICQ online messenger from AOL for $187.5 million. This pilot assembly line should alleviate some of the negative PR stemming from the recent corruption probe into Hewlett-Packard’s M...
This bit is good for a chuckle – but at least the president is good enough to admit that Russia has a big human rights problem. From ITAR-TASS: Russia is ready to discuss the observance of human rights with other countries as well as w...
As a gesture of goodwill following the Smolensk crash which claimed the life of President Lech Kaczynski and scores of other influential Polish leaders, the Russian government decided this week to declassify some historical archives relating to th...
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