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Jailing the Competition
The Economist blows up the difficult-to-ignore gap between Dmitry Medvedev’s epic tome on reform and democracy published on Gazeta.ru and the shortcomings of any action to do something about all these problems. Mr Medvedev’s article ev...
The Return of “Nigeria with Rockets”
A comment piece by Robert Manning on Atlantic Council takes a look at Russia’s economic difficulties, concluding that it is misleading to list the market about the BRIC economies. We are still having summits, and Russia is still in decline, ...
Russia’s Hardliners Feeling Victorious
Michael Stott at Reuters provides some good commentary on the Obama administration’s decision to formerly pull all plans for the missile shield in Eastern Europe. It’s funny how we have found ourselves in a situation with an unne...
Energy Blast – September 17, 2009
Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin has described the current oil price as ‘overheated’ and and said that he expects a correction in three to six months. Vladimir Putin has solicited the support of Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Ras...
Today in Russian Business – September 17, 2009
Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov is quietly optimistic that ‘a slow and cautious recovery is under way’. Shuvalov has predicted that the economy could return to its pre-crisis state by 2012 and does not envisage circumst...
RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – September 17, 2009
TODAY: US to modify or jettison missile defense plans? NATO chief to meet with Russian envoy; Lukaschenko sends out mixed messages. South Ossetia denies book burning; think tank leader says Putin could be heading for Brehznev-style dec...
RA in Moscow Times: Clan Politics of Russia, Venezuela, and Iran
Robert Amsterdam has an opinion article published in The Moscow Times today: The recent visits to Moscow and Tehran by Hugo Chavez raise a number of concerns about the deepening relations between Russia, Iran and Venezuela. The motivation behind t...
There’s More to Russia’s Competitiveness Than Meets the Eye
I’ve finally gotten around to looking more closely at the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Competitiveness Report, released last week. The report ranks 133 countries on the basis of 12 measures of an economy’s competitiveness...
Saudi Shopping List for Russian Arms Grows
Fresh off a deal with Venezuela, Russia’s weapons maker appears to have its next willing customer in Saudi Arabia. First reported in English language press on August 29 (Interfax via Bloomberg), we now have significantly more detail on the s...