TODAY: Russia pushes for recogition of breakaway regions; Ukraine denies allegations of involvement in war; USSR plan to invade Manchester revealed; Russia’s silent monuments to nuclear victims; Arctic Sea, dark spots. Russia’s Foreign...
Continuing our slog through the end of August, I have just published a book review of The Silence and the Scorpion by Brian Nelson over on Huffington Post, which makes a pretty good case that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez should be standing tri...
Tomas Valasek of the Center for European Reform has a sharp column in the Wall Street Journal today on the European loan to Ukraine to buy Russian gas. If Gazprom chooses to cut the taps, Kiev would be likely to hoard supplies intended for E...
Lukoil has received a $1.2 billion loan arranged by 12 overseas and domestic banks to refinance debt. Russia and Mongolia have agreed to start a joint venture to explore the Dornod uranium deposit. The deal, which may irk the Canadian ...
After a second consecutive month of growth in July, when GDP increased by 0.5%, government ministers Igor Shuvalov and Andrei Klepach have felt optimistic enough to suggest Russia’s recession may be over – ‘but the crisis has yet...
TODAY: Yushchenko hits back; Russia accuses Ukraine of participation in Georgia war. Medvedev suggests media scaremongering regarding disaster. Seeks the advice of Buddhists. Putin visits Kadyrov; Estemirova commemorated. Two can...
From Masha Lipman in the Washington Post: The upsurge of violence in North Caucasus is a consequence of outrageous abuses of authority by local leaders and the Kremlin’s irresponsible policies. Politically, the Russian government has no worr...
From the Reuters report on Vladimir Putin’s surprise visit to Grozny to stump for the increasingly embattled Chechen appointee Ramzan Kadyrov, and lay flowers at the grave of his father, former Chechen leader Akmad Kadyrov. Also see th...
For several years now I’ve had to make repeated trips, back and forth, on the same road in Vladimir Oblast. Over the years the road has gone from lousy to perilously unnavigable. Deep ruts, craters, obstacles, potholes, and huge puddle...
Our friend and colleague John Lough has a letter published in the Financial Times: Sir, Vladimir Putin’s taut upper body has indeed become a sad symbol of Russia’s increasingly limited ability to impress its neighbours and internationa...
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