Nezavisimaya Gazeta has an editorial advising the Russian government to diversify its ties with the Iranian opposition, so relations don’t go down with the ship if Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s political troubles continue. From the Los A...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty takes the time to pick apart the words of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov – the consistencies and contradictions reveal, well, a frightening and important reality. Many aspects of Kadyrov’s interpretation ...
Why would Turkey sign on to a massively expensive and redundant underwater pipeline that would eliminate the transit business at the lucrative but over-trafficked Bosporus Straits? Because when it comes to Gazprom and Eni’s South Strea...
Joshua Tucker, a political science professor from NYU and blogger at the Monkey Cage, has this opinion piece in the New Republic: In short, little related to this war has changed; despite the Russian military victory, neither side can really claim...
Italian President Silvio Berlusconi has been unabashed about taking the credit for getting Turkey to participate in the South Stream pipeline deal, seeing it as a reflection of his gift for ‘great commercial diplomacy’. For a tim...
President Medvedev has ordered an investigation into the financial activities of state corporations such as VEB and Russian Technologies. The move has been seen as an attempt to reconsider whether the Putin-sponsored powerhouses are really e...
TODAY: Medvedev firm on realignment of Caucasus; pledges support for the breakaway territories; details of Cyxymu hacking case emerge. Justice for Politkovskaya meets obstacles; Kadyrov shows little love for Estemirova; Putin celebrates ten ...
Just got this bit of news from AP: Medvedev wrote Saturday to French President Nicolas Sarkozy — who, holding the EU presidency at the time, authored an Aug. 12 peace plan — to thank him for the “big role” he played in endi...
Venezuela’s inimitable Hugo Chavez has been having quite the busy summer. In between renewed crackdowns on the media, utterly totalitarian measures to usurp power from the democratically elected opposition, along with new evidence poin...
Good late morning, afternoon from Washington DC. Before I make my way out to the airport to fly back home to London, I thought I would catch up on some of the weekend’s news. Speaking of travel, over the years our correspondent in Russ...
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