Over the years on this blog we have dedicated considerable coverage to what we perceive as a war against lawyers occurring in Russia, ranging from Boris Kuznetsov, to the jailing of Svetlana Bakhmina, the medical blackmail of Vasily Aleksanyan, th...
One of the biggest stars from Russia at this year’s Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver has been the figure skater Evgeni Plushenko. Not only is Plushenko a gifted competitor and the defending gold medalist, he’s also leading the w...
The World Wildlife Fund could withdraw its support for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, criticizing preparation plans in a press release that accuses planners of a litany of environmental faults: ‘[it] has gone out of control, the quality of ...
The Kremlin is hosting a week of meetings focused on ‘innovation‘, with guests from Hollywood, the White House, and ‘internet powerhouses‘ Twitter and eBay, all gathering to discuss social media and civic issues. Dmit...
TODAY: Russia and Abkhazia to build military base, build economic ties; activist’s children taken away; Stalin information booths to be set up in Moscow; modernization to turn to the church? Russian wins Olympic gold, thanks priest; Uk...
Breaking news from Bloomberg: Lawyer Jamison Firestone, founding partner of the law firm Firestone Duncan and former employer of Sergei Magnitsky, has been forced to flee Russia for his own safety following the alleged perpetration of anothe...
Here is one way to get positive action out of Russia on Iran, shortly following Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Moscow. From Tony Halpin in the Times: There were suggestions that the Kremlin may have agreed to block the S-300 sale to Ira...
Writing in the London Review of Books, New York author, editor, and literati-at-large Keith Gessen reviews Richard Sakwa’s book on the Yukos affair and the two trials of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, sketching a rather comprehensive portrait. ...
Last week when Finans magazine released their Forbesian list of the most wealthy Russian businessmen, readers were quite surprised to see that the #1 slot was taken not by Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Prokhorov, or Roman Abramovich (whom I think should...
President Dmitry Medvedev says that Russia believes Iran should cooperate more broadly with the International Atomic Energy Agency, said that it could face sanctions if it did not comply, and reportedly added its name to a joint statement to the I...
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