We had heard some warnings that Obama’s brand of flattering speeches would find a rare cold audience in Russia – polls indicated that more Russian people held a negative or indifferent opinion about the new president than almost anywhe...
In light of Barack Obama’s visit to Russia, Forbes is publishing a number of new articles as part of a special report to remind everybody that the murder of their former employee, Paul Klebnikov, remains unsolved and politically stalled.&nbs...
ExxonMobil has complained that Russia’s subsoil law, which curtails foreigners’ access to oil fields, is the main hindrance in its attempts to develop further in Russia. TNK-BP is considering additional investment this year, alth...
Barack Obama has urged for increased trade between the US and Russia, as current annual trade stands at $36 billion, but has stipulated that the promotion of ‘transparency, accountability [and] rule of law‘ are necessary. The US ...
TODAY: Obama says trade comes with rule of law; criticizes Russia’s idea of being neighborly; Russians indifferent to the visit?; ‘less than what we wanted’ say opposition leaders; Klebnikov case to be reinvestigated In ObamaR...
Not long before U.S. President Barack Obama landed in Moscow, President Dmitry Medvedev commented to the press on the Mikhail Khodorkovsky case: “If one speaks of the pardoning of anyone at all, of Khodorkovsky, of other persons, then this p...
William Browder of Hermitage Capital was once one of Russia’s most enthusiastic supporters for foreign investment. He was also an advocate for stronger corporate governance, shareholder and property rights, and transparency. Unfo...
Today the Moscow Times has published an opinion article authored by Mikhail Khodorkovsky: On the chance that somebody has forgotten, I will remind them that Russians have also sacrificed their share of blood at different points in history in defen...
The full text can also be read here. Among the highlights were these: “Competitive elections allow us to change course and hold our leaders accountable. If our democracy did not advance those rights, I – as a person of Afri...
Ahead of his meeting with President Barack Obama, Solidarnost leader Boris Nemtsov pens this opinion article in the Wall Street Journal: The regime still has its sources of strength: oil and media censorship. But these two pillars are weaker than ...
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