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May 21, 2009

Energy Blast – May 21, 2009

‘There will be the predictable difficulties in negotiations on energy issues’, says a top Russian senator on the Russia-EU summit, as there is ‘a global collision in strategy’.  President Medvedev will ‘be intere...
May 21, 2009

Today in Russian Business – May 21, 2009

Banks may require a supplementary $16 billion in funds this year to combat the rise in non-performing loans. The Central bank believes that there is reason for ‘conservative optimism’ regarding a recovery in the banking sector.  A...
May 21, 2009

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 21, 2009

TODAY: Georgia, energy and human rights on the agenda for a tense EU-Russia summit; US-Russia arms talks conclude positively; Kremlin insistent on US missile defense issue; will US soldiers in Poland provoke friction?; revered actor Oleg Yankovsky...
May 20, 2009

Grigory Pasko: In the Land of Déjà Vu

Say what you will about the administration of justice in Russia, but the tireless innovation of government officials is beyond doubt. Recently, Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov gave an interview to Rossiyskaya Gazeta, coming up with the bri...
May 20, 2009

The Russo-Venezuelan Fistfight

A Canadian defense reporter has dug a a little bit of gossip about a fight between the bodyguards of Hugo Chavez and Dmitry Medvedev last year, which may have caused Caracas to cancel its deal to buy some Russian submarines.  (Hat tip to Josh...
May 20, 2009

Russian Diamonds Are Forever

If you read this blog, then it is highly likely that, like us, you consume massive amounts of media every day about Russia.  If that’s true, than you are probably as sick as I am of seeing these clever copy editors who think they were t...
May 20, 2009

Everyone is an Anti-Facist

Yulia Latynina has a new column in Yezhednevny zhurnal (translated by RFE/RL) taking a look at the innovative idea of having the security officials of SVR and FSB secret police agencies put down the wiretaps for a moment in order to start studying...
May 20, 2009

Energy Blast – May 20, 2009

The New York Times features a special report on how the energy sector may emerge from the global recession.  GDF Suez is likely to finish talks on joining the Nord Stream pipeline by the end of the summer.  Regarding Nord Stream, ex-Germ...
May 20, 2009

Today in Russian Business – May 20, 2009

The ruble has reached its highest point so far in 2009 as attention turns to rising oil prices.  Economic Development Minister, Elvira Nabiullina, has said that the economy may contract by up to 8% this year.  Prime Minister Putin has ex...
May 20, 2009

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 20, 2009

TODAY: Russia rejoins Georgia talks; US-Russia nuclear talks constructive so far; policy report recommends US cancel plans for missile defense in eastern Europe; Medvedev creates body to counter ‘revisionist’ readings of Russian histor...