Oil prices have soared to their highest since October at $72 a barrel, amid talk of an economic recovery and International Energy Agency predictions of an increase in global demand. A BP reports calculates that there is enough oil to last fo...
Russia’s economy shrunk the most in 15 years in the first quarter after the government’s stimulus spending package failed to have the desired effect. The investment arm of the World Bank plans to use $200 million to buy stakes in...
TODAY: Russia declines offer of hosting US shield; the Kremlin letting the military down; Moscow vexed by Japanese bill; Medvedev claims his reforms offer a ‘modern, more democratic political system’; democracy not crucial says think t...
I’ve been forwarded a link to a new documentary film being debuted at the Human Rights Watch film festival in New York City about the struggles of opposition leader Garry Kasparov (who will be present to speak at the Monday screening). ...
One minute Russia is talking about the potential for cooperation in mutual interests to help Washington discourage nuclear proliferation in Iran, while the next minute they are selling missile systems and assisting with nuclear technology. F...
The Associated Press is running a story on some comments made by President Medvedev during a television address following meetings with Yabloko party representatives. Considering the elements that Medvedev and other liberal reformers are up ...
Robert Amsterdam has a new by-lined article on the latest developments in the Mikhail Khodorkovsky trial published on the legal news website JURIST. Rejection of appeal is latest example of due process failures in Khodorkovsky case Robert Amsterda...
Along with the immediate need for Washington to ditch the insult of Jackson-Vanik, Russia’s ascension to the World Trade Organization is another measure which this blog has strongly supported. However, it appears that Moscow has become...
Paul Goble blogs about a Vedomosti article which reveals the early findings of a new report, interviewing some 100 different members of the ruling United Russia party: The Moscow newspaper obtained an advance copy of the report and quotes liberall...
Last year global oil reserves fell for the first time since 1998, led by declines in Russia, Norway and China. Russia apparently has no plans to reduce oil production or oil exports in the next three years. The New York Times reports t...
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