For those who have Twitter-ized attention spans, I leave it to Mikhail Kasyanov to tell you about ten years of Russia under Vladimir Putin in the most succinct manner possible. From the BBC: “He was, and is, an old KGB officer who lead...
The FT reports that Kazakhstan claims to have surpassed Canada and Australia as the world’s number one uranium miner. An article on RFE/RL expresses concern about the destination of this abundance of the nuclear element. Ukraine ...
President Medvedev has asserted that Russia will continue to battle the economic crisis in 2010; meanwhile the Prime Minister has stated that monocities will be the focus of regeneration projects. Putin has affirmed that battling the crisis ...
TODAY: Artist detained for holding expo in Moscow; New Year’s opposition marches banned. Ten years in power (one way or another) for Vladimir Putin; poll shows approval for Yeltsin-Putin handover. Population growth? Cybercr...
I was struck by an opinion article published today in the Washington Post by Lekan Oguntoyinbo, a U.S.-based Nigerian journalism professor. In discussing the foiled terrorist attack of the young Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the media celebrity...
An amusing extract from the Guardian: Space scientists in Russia are preparing to boldly go where no man has gone before, except for the actor Bruce Willis. The head of the Russian space agency said today that it was considering a Hollywood-style ...
Robert Amsterdam has just published a translation of an opinion article from O Estado de São Paulo on The Huffington Post. There is great merit in Brazil’s ability to maintain friendly relations with so many different nations of different va...
There’s quite a depressing but important piece published today by Varvara Pakhomenko and Alexander Mnatsakanian on OpenDemocracy on the rampant arrests, jailings, show trials, interrogation by torture, and disappearances that have become com...
Russian and Ukrainian pipeline operators Transneft and Ukrtransnafta have apparently made a deal for crude delivery to Ukraine in 2010, under which Moscow has supposedly agreed to pay 30% more in transit costs. The increased transit charges ...
Vladimir Putin has affirmed, according to the FT, that Moscow will try to restrict the capital inflows that have prompted the strengthening of the ruble in recent months, imperiling the country’s return to economic stability. A joint v...
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