From a Washington Post editorial: IT’S BEEN nearly a year since Dmitry Medvedev took office as Russia’s president following a much-publicized vow to attack what he called the “legal nihilism” of his country. His record so f...
Paul Goble of Window on Eurasia, a former State Department official and scholar (see a bio on his newly syndicated column on the Moscow Times), discusses how the second trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky should be viewed from a rule of law perspective....
Having foreign investors can be a bit of an annoyance. If you send the secret police to their offices to demand all the personal details of their clients, there is a possibility they will refuse, and cite international law and privacy rights...
The surprising outbreak of student protests, destruction, and violence in the streets of Chisinau against the recent election victory of the ruling Communists under Vladimir Voronin is not anything close to resembling anything like the other ̶...
An editorial in The New York Times focuses on President Dmitry Medvedev’s increasingly visible silence on human rights issues such as the second trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky: Nor has he reacted to the farcical new charges against Mikhail Kh...
Energy Minister, Sergei Shmatko, has announced that the government will reduce the investment budget for state power companies by 40% this year. Nonetheless, Putin asserts that ‘developing the power industry’, is necessary for a ...
Economic Development Minister, Elvira Nabiullina, has said that a reworked anti-crisis program will soon be submitted to the cabinet. Russia announced a budgetary deficit of $1.5 billion in the first quarter. Foreign Minister, Sergei L...
TODAY: EU releases statement on Moldova; Ukraine and Russia to resume talks; Belarusian President appeals for transparency in relations with Russia; are politicians’ wives really earning more than they do? The EU has issued a statement that ...
Another one of those feel good stories from the LiveJournal of Vladimir Varfolomeyev, our exclusive translation to English. The State is demanding money from former hostages in Beslan ВВ’s ЖЖ – The “Live journal” of Vladimi...
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