I can see why some of Gogol’s characters are especially appealing for film adaptation in today’s Russia – especially if they can challenge Ukrainian sovereignty (which is also helpful in securing funding from from the government ...
Some thoughts on the trial Grigory Pasko, journalist At the trial in the case of the theft of all the oil in Russia, they are reading the text of the bill of indictment – 14 volumes of 300 pages apiece. I’m familiar with this: both wit...
Russia is well known to go back-and-forth in its relations with Iran, both in terms of delivering the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system as well as assisting on nuclear energy. One day it’s all green light, and the next, it’s put...
Remember Natalia Morari (Morar)? She was once one of Russia’s most intrepid young investigative journalists, working for the news magazine the New Times. She uncovered a few blockbuster stories about connections between an Austri...
This letter to the editor of the Financial Times points out Moldova’s strong linguistic connection to Romania – and the hangover of a Stalinist myth that the country belonged in the Soviet sphere of influence at least from a cultural p...
That’s what Alexei Bayer at the Moscow Times believes: Even if the current global slump comes to an end by early 2010, growth will remain sluggish and fragile. Demand will remain weak everywhere, and the global economy will not be able to ab...
A friend at a major news outlet has forwarded me a news brief from Solidarnost and United Civic Front leader Garry Kasparov on the rapidly rising number of violent attacks against opposition members in recent weeks. In just ten days, three m...
The International Energy Agency forecasts that global demand for oil will decrease by 2.4 million barrels a day this year. A contract allowing Russian oil giants such as Lukoil to revive pre-war contracts in Iraq has been agreed. Despi...
The ruble has reached its highest level in two and a half months against its basket currency. Sberbank CEO German Gref says that Russia will see a ‘certain stabilization this March-April’. VTB is to take a 75% minus one sha...
TODAY: Positive outcome in Iraq-Russia meeting; Moscow will not sideline Iran; Saakashvili attempts to weather the storm; recount in Moldova; anti-Kremlin protests on Cosmonauts day The ‘very successful‘ meeting between Nouri al-Maliki...
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