Russia will cut the share of US treasuries from its $400 billion reserves, driving the dollar down on the global market and will buy about $10 billion of IMF bonds, in order to reduce its dependence on the dollar. Prime Minister Putin will a...
TODAY: Putin says Russia could drop nuclear weapons if others do so; military chief recommends maintaining 1500 warheads; Arctic envoy assures that competition over region not a military matter; Hollywood actor’s new role as Siberian traffic...
Dmitry Medvedev showed his angry side today on state television, as he excoriated Russia’s regional governors and demanded that they get on top of unemployment and wage arrears problems, such as those which provoked the recent protests in Pi...
Yale economist Aleh Tsyvinski writes in the Moscow Times about his impressions coming out of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum: Not surprisingly, the most anticipated speech at the St. Petersburg forum was from President Dmitry Medvedev. First, we...
After reading this morning about the horrible, horrible murder of Justice Aza Gazgireeva in Nazran, North Caucasus (a merciless shooting in front of her childrens’ kingergarten, with even a 1-year-old receiving a bullet wound), I knew that i...
Anne Applebaum has published a lengthy review of Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America, by John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr, and Alexander Vassiliev in the New Republic. She includes in her review a discussion of the “insaneR...
Matthias Schepp of Der Spiegel writes about the threats facing the staff of Novaya Gazeta: Olga seemed simultaneously awestruck and wary as she ran her fingers across the envelope. The sender seemed to be important: the “Presidential Adminis...
Lithuania is the latest state to raise concerns about the environmental damage that may stem from the Nord Stream pipeline. Gazprom is hoping that once its two Arctic LNG projects begin, it will supply as much as 10% of the US gas market by ...
Russia’s budget deficit widened last month to the equivalent of 3.6% of gross domestic product, increasing by $4.5 billion in May. Growth of bad bank loans is apparently slowing for the first time since the start of the crisis. R...
TODAY: Sixteen-year bid to join WTO ends in dramatic turnaround; Russia says North Korea may launch missiles again; Kremlin acknowledgment of threat from Iran may ease negotiations with Washington; Medvedev visits violence-hit Dagestan; United Rus...
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