Many of the Kremlin’s initiatives are considered old-fashioned by their critics. Though it receives regular harangues for out-of-date tendencies (such as press control, election riggings, military demonstrations), it certainly can̵...
The Economist offers an insight into Russia’s raising of beer taxes – an alcohol clampdown and money spinner combined – or a novel form of protectionism? At difficult moments politicians have been known to turn to drink. And with...
The European Parliament has awarded its most prestigious human rights award, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, to Russian human rights organization Memorial, which is headed by a trio of particularly staunch Kremlin critics. Shaken ...
An interesting opinion piece today by Vladimir Ryzhkov in the Moscow Times sees one of the last bastions of media freedom – Ren TV – looking like it may have to fight for its independence. The increasingly popular station, the on...
Gazprom has expressed an interest in acquiring a U.S. shale-gas producer, to access the know-how to develop similar resources domestically, says the Moscow Times. GDF Suez has said it has discussed a 10-20% increase in its Russian gas supply...
Deputy Economic Development Minister Andrei Klepach has suggested that the ruble could return to its 2008 high and reach 23 against the dollar next year, if oil prices continue going strong, spelling problems for exporters. The Duma has pass...
TODAY: Iran willing to contemplate nuclear deal but will Tehran really give it the go-ahead?; arms contract ‘frozen’. Time running out for state giants; Medvedev loses patience with oligarch corruption complaints. Biden rea...
A lifeless trial Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. 1. A non-lyrical digression In the chancellery for civil cases of the Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow they told me t...
The following is a translation of the MBK’s opinion editorial as published today in Vedomosti (original is here). GENERATION M Many of my comrades consider that it is senseless to comment on president Dmitry Medvedev’s famous article &...
What to make of Russia’s announcement that it will sell stakes in some of its publicly-owned companies next year? The government has already drawn up a list of 5,500 companies that will be divested, and Bloomberg’s report su...
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