Well, NATO might not object to Russia buying warships from France, but pretty much everybody else does. While a spokesman for Anders Fogh Rasmussen used the issue to assure everybody that NATO and Russia are harmless pals (one wonders),...
Here goes a bit from my latest in the Huffington Post on the outcome of the presidential elections in Ukraine and the return of Viktor Yanukovych. Though it was published after I had already posted my article, I liked this line from the Econ...
The New York Times comments today on the Russian government’s lip-service to notions of innovation, modernization, its references to stamping out corruption and improving investor confidence, saying that Dmitry Medvedev is effectively just a...
The head of the World Wildlife Fund is not satisfied with Russia’s promises to clean up the Baltic Sea bed: Jochen Lamp ‘said the environmental impact assessment prepared by Nord Stream was insufficient and that more assurances were re...
Russia gained 28 new dollar billionaires last year, and the rich are getting richer. The business community reportedly wants a new bill that would prevent executives from being arrested for most economic crimes (not including fraud) to ̵...
TODAY: Putin promises to clean up the Baltic Sea ahead of Nord Stream; EU visa regulations for Russians; NATO not concerned about French warship sale; inquiry into police beating of pianist; Rogozin takes to Twitter; alcoholism. Speaking at a Balt...
We fully agree with the arguments made in Vladimir Antonov’s opinion article in the New York Times on the prejudicial treatment of Russian investment. The EU’s visa restrictions and the ongoing insult of Jackson-Vanik in the Unit...
This one is from Vladimir Ryzhkov, a former Duma deputy, who writes in today’s Moscow Times about the fallout from the report issued last week by the Institute of Contemporary Development, a think-tank closely affiliated with President Dmitr...
This quibble comes from Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov in relation to comments made earlier this week by Finance Minister (and Putin ally) Alexei Kudrin, who is disappointed by United Russia’s left-leaning policies (fyi, a Moscow Times writer to...
Vladimir Putin is in Finland to discuss Baltic Sea environmental issues related to the Nord Stream pipeline – Finland is the only country not yet to have approved the project. ‘The state of the sea is alarming,‘ according t...
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