TODAY: Thousands of protesters rally in Kaliningrad; activists arrested in Moscow; Yukos case in the press; Russia has the immigration service to thank for its demographic increase; opposition newspaper beset by cyberattacks; turbulent times in Da...
Rosneft has apparently discovered a field that could add 4% to the company’s existing reserves. Gazprom has announced that it will extend a contract on gas supplies to Western Europe via Poland until 2045, while gas supplies to Poland ...
Divisions at the top on the fate of state banks: Sberbank CEO German Gref has urged the privatization of Russia’s banks, but Alexei Kudrin apparently believes that the markets are not ready yet. Kudrin has also warned that the global e...
TODAY: First meeting of the Russia-US Civil Society Working Group; Khodorkovsky on corruption. Senior police says Politkovskaya killers will be brought to justice; rights official condemns Rechnik methods. Rosoboronexport defends right to sel...
Mikhail Khodorkovsky has published an opinion article in the International Herald Tribune / New York Times today. Below is an excerpt: How does a corrupt raw materials-based Russia influence the West today? What new challenges and threats wi...
Today I received an email from Adam Federman, who just published a very thought provoking article in the Columbia Journalism Review taking a look the evolution of print media in Russia since the fall of communism to the rise of Putinism. I t...
US President Barack Obama has warned Iran that it will encounter ‘growing consequences’ over its continuing nuclear program. Following a meeting in London with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clint...
An article in the New York Times examines the Rusal IPO as part of Russia’s increasing interest in the Chinese market. Rusal claims it receives ‘a call a week’ from Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakh companies who wish to follow...
TODAY: Russia detainees attract unwanted UN attention; corruption monitoring; fight for right to assembly in court. Increase in economic crimes; drop in hate crimes. Russia and NATO increase cooperation in Afghanistan; START almost com...
Today the Joseph Stalin cottage industry just welcomed another product to join the cell phones, fashion trends, revisionist school textbooks, and the advertising craze. That’s right, now you can enjoy a tasty new fizzy beverage bearing the f...
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