It’s been an interesting week here in Helsinki, where I have been attending the Finnish-Russian Civic Forum. In addition to showing my short documentary film on the Nord Stream project (which produced a spirited debate), I had the opportunit...
The Financial Times profiles the new Russian owner of 2% of Facebook. Mr Milner’s story, like his growing portfolio, combines American ideas with Russian opportunities. The son of an economist and a doctor, he studied particle physics at Mos...
I’ve always liked Transitions Online, but found this opinion column by Jeremy Druker a little confusing. Druker is looking to give some balance to Russia’s vocal opposition to the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative, and lo...
The boys at Gazprom are partying this weekend. From Associated Press: Nearly one-third of the natural gas yet to be discovered in the world is north of the Arctic Circle and most of it is in Russian territory, according to a new analysis led...
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Jeffrey Gedmin, the president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, has a few suggestions: The U.S. and the EU need to consider two issues in their relations with Belarus. It’s only through a coordinated app...
Do good relations with Russia mean a total abandonment of its neighbors? From Foreign Policy’s The Argument: Russia has always had a knack for overshadowing its neighbors – and this time the West, focused on Moscow, is distracted...
Oil prices have reached a six-month high, surging to $65 a barrel. The Russian Natural Resources and Environment Ministry has drawn up a proposal to create a reserve of lucrative oil fields. An analysis conducted by the US Geological S...
The Chairman of the Central Bank has said that if the ruble were to gain any more it would be a cause for ‘concern’, but has also said that the bank does not expect a second devaluation of the currency. The Moscow Times reports o...
TODAY: Diplomat accuses US of overplaying threat from Iran; what did Putin tell Bill Clinton?; Russia-Belarus tensions flare on loan; Amnesty slams human rights standards; reclaiming Soviet-confiscated art Russia will not object to a new UN Securi...
From the Independent’s Shaun Walker, via HuffPo: In the past year he’s been painting pictures, singing songs, and demonstrating his expert judo moves. This week Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will complete a clean sweep o...
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