Miriam Elder has a good one in the FT today about the problems at Gazprom, no doubt worsened by European incoherence: “If the company cuts [its investment] too much, it may be harmful for them if demand surges. They will miss an opportunity,...
Russia set a new monthly record for crude oil production in September, at 10 million barrels per day for the first time in a single month. Naftogaz has not repaid its $500 million eurobond. Russia will await the approval of the I...
Sberbank has slackened restrictions for individuals seeking loans, after last year’s crisis-driven squeeze on credit. The government intends to establish a new state holding to oversee Russia’s geological reserves, the Moscow Tim...
TODAY: Russia keeps its voting rights in Council of Europe; Lavrov says Russia wants unbiased discussions about human rights; French Foreign Minister argues Russia flouting ceasefire; Israeli diplomat makes swift exit; UK Foreign Secretary visit t...
The BBC interviews Sergei Kuznetsov, who originally organized the arts contest arranged around the second Khodorkovsky trial. Click here and here to see some of the works produced so far.
RFE/RL interviews Pavel Khodorkovsky, the 24-year-old son of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, as he participated in against Russia’s holding of political prisoners on Times Square in New York City: “I think that at the time my father was rather i...
I think it says quite a lot about the freedom of press situation in Russia when a reporter is just as likely to face violence and threats for reporting about the past as they are for muckraking some contemporary politician for corruption, or anoth...
If you can find 20 minutes to spare, Parag Khanna’s presentation at this year’s TED conference has some thought provoking moments. Among them: 2:45 – 6:00 – a discussion of the China-Mongolia-Russia space and how the de fac...
Yesterday the insider blog Caracas Chronicles ran a cool post about Eligio Cedeño, a once successful banker turned political prisoner whom (as you probably know) Bob represents. The article captures the sinister threat of legalistic machine ...
Sorry for the light posting yesterday – I wanted to give everybody time to heft their way through the Taglivini report. Let’s see if we can make up for yesterday today. Here is a subtitled interview of Andrei Illarionov out...
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