Russia has made some brash moves in the past couple weeks. They chucked out two Canadian diplomats, broke the ceasefire agreement in Georgia by advancing their troops to the borders of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and even had one Duma member...
Don’t dispute any details of the official version of the Great Patriotic War in Russia – or else. The idea had never occurred to me personally, but I have noticed that the quickening tempo of ultra-nationalism in many countries o...
It must be difficult for Ukraine or any other countries of Eastern Europe to summon must trust or optimism in the European Union after so many years of neglect. In many respects, citizens in these countries legitimately feel as though Paris,...
Shady dealings in the east: a firm run by Ukrainian businessman Dmitry Firtash has said it is struggling to regain control of Emfesz, a large Hungarian gas distributor, after it appeared that its interest in the company had been ‘fraudulentl...
The stock market has reached a seven-month high, amid optimistic economic predictions and rising oil prices. The Russian banking system can apparently remain stable as long as there is less than 20% foreign debt. A ‘stress test’ ...
On May 7th, 2008 – one year ago today – Dmitry Medvedev assumed the office of the Presidency of Russian Federation. Luke Harding at the Guardian reviews his first year in office, stopping by the second trial of Mikhail Khodorkovs...
There is a riveting business story posted at Asia Times Online by Roman Kupchinsky, taking a look at the removal of the allegedly shady RosUkrEnergo trading company – famous for its non-transparent middleman role selling gas between Turkmeni...
From Christopher Walker in the Moscow Times: The authorities have also sought to muzzle foreign media outlets, including the programming of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the BBC and Voice of America. The Kremlin has undertaken a systematic inti...
Democratic Sen. John Kerry and Republican Congressman David Dreier have published a piece in the Washington Post arguing that one of the best ways for the United States to contribute to Georgia’s security would be a free trade agreement.&nbs...
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