If only there were more foreign investors and companies of Google’s integrity operating in Russia, and we might be living in a different world. We consider this to be major news, and we applaud Google’s brave decision in favor of...
The US has apparently overtaken Russia as the world’s biggest natural gas producer, according to reports from Bloomberg. Several factors, including increased production of the ‘unconventional‘ shale gas have been cited as c...
Troubled car maker Avtovaz is hoping to increase production by 51% this year. The Audit Chamber has concluded that the company’s previous management is responsible for the lamentable financial state of the Lada-manufacturer. VTB ...
TODAY: Tribute march for Markelov and Baburova denied; Russia continues to be ‘repressive’ according to civil rights watchdog; how Berdnikov gets his way. US Undersecretary of State in town for talks; Baluva tests to continue; su...
Here’s a wild story (emphasis mine): Google, the world’s largest Internet search engine, said Tuesday that it may pull out of China because of a sophisticated computer network attack originating in China and targeting its e-mail servic...
I first saw the news come across my alerts around the New Year that three men had been arrested by the Russian police for the attempted murder of the journalist John Helmer. The story was broken on Jan. 2 by a South African outlet called TIM...
Below is from a Wall Street Journal editorial, one of many, about the new 2009 Freedom in the World report by Freedom House. They see Obama’s “principled pragamaticism” as a major weakness which contributed to the trend obs...
I knew that the steep rise in production from unconventional natural gas sources such as shale had had a big impact on the global supply market, but this piece of news is incredible: U.S. output advanced 3.9 percent in January through October to 1...
Miriam Elder has published a colorfully detailed article which shows what it is like inside the second trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky on GlobalPost: The courtroom is wood panelled, and behind the judge’s table a large Russian flag is pinned t...
The New York Times has published a great profile article of the 82-year-old human rights leader Lyudmila Alexeyeva, who was most recently arrested on New Year’s Eve. She shares one thing in common with the ultra-nationalists and Stalin...
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