Gazprom and Azeri company Socar have signed a deal to give Russia the first rights to Azeri gas that was previously seen as reserved for the Nabucco pipeline. Medvedev referred to the deal as a ‘milestone’ for cooperation in the ...
The Economic Development Ministry has changed its forecast for the growth of GDP, predicting that the economy will shrink 8.5% this year instead of the 6-8% previously forecast. The Ministry is more optimistic on inflation, predicting a rate...
TODAY: Georgia fuming about war games; US-Russia officials meet in advance of Obama trip; more US cargo to go throgh Russia to Afghanistan?; journalist dies of injuries sustained in an assault two months ago; casino closure imminent The military e...
Today La Russophobe published an editorial about the legal plight of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, pointing out “It is not Mikhail Khdorokovsky who is in prison, but the Russian people themselves — and they are their own jailer.“ During ...
It was clear to many observers that the Canadian auto parts manufacturer Magna was acting partly as a front company Trojan horse to help get Russian state interests deep into Germany’s industrial sector with the purchase of a majority stake ...
Pavel K. Baev has a good article up about Vladimir Putin’s conspicuous absence from the Gazprom annual meeting earlier this month, when Alexei Miller had to give a long list of bad news, including an 85% dividend cut, a 35% cut in investment...
There’s an interesting post over at RCW’s Compass blog on the new memorandum of understanding signed between the French defense giant Thales and the Russian state arms exporter Rosonboronexport to jointly manufacture and sell arms to t...
With President Obama visiting Russia very soon, the opposition is worried that pragmatism will be the focus, leaving the issues of rights and rule of law aside. Some warn that U.S. officials shouldn’t fall into the trap of using the sa...
With all of Silvio Berlusconi’s torrid scandals in recent weeks, one may expect the colorful prime minister to hold some regrets and seek national reconciliation, while asking the country to put the past behind them. Here’s a quo...
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