Susan Scholl, who is an author and the Moscow burueau chief of Austrian public television, has a comment piece on Project Syndicate (Daily Star is running it) about the ongoing abuses of human rights and deepening legal nihilism as characterized b...
A couple billion dollars can go a really long way in some Central Asian countries, and its a pity that the United States and other NATO members didn’t realize that President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was more or less “up for sale.” ...
For as often as we hear the pained and repetitive declarations from Gazprom officials about Russia being a normal, regular, and reliable supplier of energy, once in a while we still get threats like this one from energy czar Igor Sechin: Russian D...
European Voice has an editorial about the importance of continuing the dialogue that Dmitry Medvedev opened during his last visit to Finland – namely that proposals to draft a new Energy Charter Treaty and to put the energy trade into a rule...
Ukraine has invited Gazprom to be involved in the country’s efforts to modernize pipelines but tensions still remain over Ukraine’s EU deal. Russia will not fine Ukraine for importing less gas than envisioned in January, and may ...
The budget for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum has been slashed by 25% and, for the first time, foreign companies will be invited to act as sponsors. Despite suggestions that payouts should be cut, Rosneft will increase its 2...
TODAY: NATO and Russia resume formal dialogue; Russia-Ukraine tensions easing?; Kyrgyzstan denies talks with US on military base; Kasparov confronts prosecutor at Yukos trial; Novaya Gazeta wins award Formal contacts between Russia and NATO have o...
Kommersant, via Reuters, is reporting that a Dutch court has upheld a lawsuit brought by the former shareholders of Yukos against the Russian government – specifically Rosneft – obligating them to pay upwards of $389 million to compens...
During my interview with David Satter, I asked about the Russian decision to push the United States out of the Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan, thereby hampering NATO’s chances of success in Afghanistan – which is arguably one example of ...
From the Associated Press: Chess master Garry Kasparov staged the latest of his guerrilla hit-and-run protests against the Kremlin on Wednesday, showing up at the criminal trial of a former billionaire and engaging in a brief, heated debate with o...
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