Sberbank has lent Gazprom $3 billion to buy back a stake in its oil division from Italian company Eni. Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko says that a deal will soon be reached between Moscow and Sofia over the much-disputed South Stream pipeline...
Despite criticism from opposition politicians, Putin’s anti-crisis plan has been lauded by the Duma. Can the ‘1998 miracle‘ be matched by today’s measures? The Economic Development Ministry wants to postpone the...
TODAY: United candidate on course to win yesterday’s Sochi vote; dirty tricks rumors abound in election analysis; ‘fast start’ on US nuclear arms deal; military spy chief dismissed; Alexei Kudrin receives US court subpoena The Wa...
It can be tough work to continue coming up with new ways to fake the democratic process … after a while, the voters seem to wonder “why bother?” Today, in Sochi, all eyes are on the mayoral election, which has been strongly...
Russia’s Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin just got served during a visit to Washington D.C. with a Federal Court subpoena to testify in the trial against Mikhail Khodorkovsky in Russia. This story was broke by Reuters: “On April...
Below is an exclusive translation of a breaking story from the Spanish press. First published in El Pais, and also covered by several other outlets, the story concerns Antonio Valdés-García, a Spanish-Russian dual citizen who says he was beaten an...
The Financial Times quotes some reactions to the early parole of Svetlana Bakhmina: “I think this decision is political,” Sergei Mitrokhin, head of the liberal Yabloko party, told Reuters. “It could be one of the signals given by...
As Grigory Pasko has written on this blog, in Russia only the past is unpredictable. Here Karina Korostelina from the Kennan Institute reviews a book about the role of history education in Russia and Ukraine. Korostelina analyzed the three g...
Some of the most entertaining news coming out of Russia these days has to do with the mayoral election in Sochi – a job which could land one lucky competitor the task of doling out billions of dollars in preparation for the Winter Olympics.&...
In the past we’ve blogged about the composer Arvo Pärt dedicating a symphony to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and given the second show trial, he has spoken out again in his defense. Below is a follow up from Helsingin Sanomat: “He is a ...
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