Is it just me, or has there been a major rebranding of Viktor Yanukovych in this electoral campaign? In the video news clip below and in several interviews with the Western press, the once fiery anti-Orange politician now seems focused on em...
Rather succinctly stated by Karinna Moskalenko, a lawyer for Mikhail Khodorkovsky, in the New Times: “If through its representatives Russia insists that the bankruptcy of Yukos was lawfully implemented, and that the taxes demanded from Yukos...
GDF Suez and International Power have abandoned several months of discussions of a tie-up, says the Financial Times. Russia and Belarus are engaging in ‘constructive dialogue‘ today over pricing structures for this year’s o...
Sberbank, Russia’s largest lender, has reduced its interest rates for private customers to precrisis levels, likely leading to reductions at other banks. The Russian appetite for luxury goods has suffered as a result of the financial c...
TODAY: Demonstrations to mark anniversary of Markelov and Baburova murders; activist tried for ‘hate speech’ voting leaflet; military code of honor at odds with poor treatment of recruits; Health Minister announces no population declin...
Pretty good stuff from Susan Sternthal in the Financial Times: I moved to Moscow with my family last year and was startled to see so many stray dogs. Watching them over time, I realised that, despite some variation in colour – some were blac...
Though Sen. John McCain was recently in Georgia to receive an award for his outspoken support both during and after the 2008 Russian invasion, his reputation in Ukraine might be a bit tarnished among the pro-democracy liberals once Viktor Yanukovy...
Yevgeny Kiselyov’s column in the Moscow Times brings up an important point I have been mulling over this weekend, right as Viktor Yanukovych and the Party of Regions lurches toward a comfortable lead for the next run-off vote against Yulia T...
Despite Western jitters over investing in Iran’s energy sector, the Iranian Oil Minister says the country is examining $20 billion worth of proposed foreign investments – no names were mentioned. A blast in Ingushetia has left ov...
The Russian edition of Forbes magazine has won a lawsuit against a ‘cybersquatter‘ for use of the domain name Forbes.ru. A senior investigator in the Investigative Committee was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of solicitin...
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