Anders Aslund thinks Russia’s economy isn’t up to the ranks of its famed acronym partners. He’s not the first to say it. Although Aslund has been saying this for a long time, most observers agree that some tough times...
TNK-BP’s profits have fallen by 56.5% to $2 billion in the first six months of the year with demand tumbling. Second quarter profits for the company did rise by 69% on the previous three months. ‘We are in turbulent times,...
Magna is pulling out the stops in its bid for Opel by increasing the amount of upfront capital it would pump into the company to €350 million, following criticisms from the German government about the size of cash injections offered by bidders.&nb...
TODAY: Russia warns against US joining monitoring in Georgia; Lavrov unfazed by Biden’s comments. US says Russia could still join NATO. Ambassador to Britain claims no legal basis for British Council activities in Moscow. Moldova elect...
I recently attended a seminar for radio journalists in Irkutsk, which had an interesting article published in the official programme about the implementation of “energy conservation projects in the Shelekhov municipal district.” Will y...
This press release comes from the website of the Greens of the European Free Alliance on the European Parliament: The murder of Andrei Kulagin, activist for human rights organisation Spravedlivost (Justice), has been announced by authorities more ...
These pipelines don’t compete, says Jonathan Stern of Oxford, because the Russian one just seeks a new route for existing supplies at 4x the project cost, while the other has no supply or purchase contracts yet. Stern also thinks that ...
From RIA Novosti: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on his 55th birthday on Tuesday, the Kremlin press service announced. Medvedev’s letter was passed on to Chavez by Russian Deputy Prime Minist...
This piece by Stratfor’s George Friedman, posted over at RealClearWorld, is riddled with flaws, but still interesting to read. Once again, people are really running away with Biden’s commentary and not reading between the lines. ...
Just a few more thoughts on all this Joe Biden-Russia stuff. For one, I am in complete agreement with Steve LeVine’s opinion that Biden’s “firm grasp of reality” is pretty much taken out of context in the WSJ headline...
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