I’m not sure I buy all the arguments made by Dmitri Trenin in this piece, though that comment about “raw meat and the taste of blood” is pretty suggestive of what he thinks of the prime minister. I think there are several i...
Is Yulia Tymoshenko really this crazy? If you are interviewing Dmitry Vydrin, who’s got quite the axe to grind, the answer is yes. Apart from those who think she is the hottest head of state, Tymoshenko has been getting some very...
In his latest entry on the Huffington Post, Robert Amsterdam comments on the reactions to the attempted terror attack over Detroit by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, and why the U.S. decision to place Nigerian passengers coming into the United States o...
Alison Smale has published a very thoughtful and nostalgic piece in the International Herald Tribune today, which recalls her experiences living in Moscow under the Soviet Union contrasted with Russian society today, remarking on Russia’s pe...
Owen Matthews has a great essay on Russian corruption and the murder of Sergei Magnitsky published in the The Spectator. He makes some pretty powerful observations, bringing into focus just how tenuous the security is even for a so-called Kr...
Conflicting reports are out on the progress of the Belarus-Russia oil talks; Russian Energy Ministry spokeswoman Irina Yesipova has reportedly described them as ‘constructive’, whilst apparently Belarussian negotiators have been quoted...
In December, Russia’s GDP shrunk at the slowest pace in a year – at just 1.3% in comparison to 2.5% in November. An unnamed Russian company is near to gaining control of a Ukrainian steel group, the Industrial Union of Donbas.&nb...
TODAY: 2009 in review from the Other Russia; governor appointment causes dismay among opposition; history falls foul of real estate value. Militant attack kills 7 police in Dagestan; Dubai refuses Yamadayev suspects bail; South Ossetia reach...
The influential French philosopher Andre Glucksmann has given a video statement today to voice his support for Mikhail Khodorkovsky as the second show trial against is being carried out in Moscow. Among other comments, Glucksmann says that &...
If you haven’t yet had a chance to read Greg White and Alexander Kolyandr’s sprawling and informative article on billionaire Oleg Deripaska in today’s Wall Street Journal, I really recommend taking the time to do so. There&...
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