We had reported the news a while back about a Russian ice cream company using a potentially offensive portrayal of U.S. President Barack Obama in its advertisements, but this is the first video of the ad I have come across.
Got a financial crisis on your hands? Why not whip up a moral panic by accusing the United States of spying on state television to distract every one? Seems to be going pretty well for Hugo Chavez, so why not Russia? From the Associate...
We’ve written several times about about the delicate dance performed by Azerbaijan to balance their interests between cooperating with Russia and occasionally leaning toward the West, from the humiliation of Dick Cheney (once he was a lame d...
Coal manufacturer Belon is ‘not getting hysterical over short-term debt’ and can repay loans if coal retains its current prices, says the Moscow Times. Gazprom’s debt rating has been cut to Baa1 as oil and gas prices stabil...
Russia will not contribute to the G20 $1.1 trillion anti-recession package as it has already pledged $10 billion in aid to former Soviet states, reports the Telegraph. ‘The most painful phase of the crisis is behind us’, says Cen...
TODAY: US anti-missile defense issue remains; NATO summit raises questions for Russia; state-sponsored TV documentary on US spying aired; Moldova election; no ballerina for Sochi Whilst a thaw in US-Russia relations is indispensable, there remain ...
In March, Gazprom’s production had fallen by 18.5% on last year’s January-March rate. Oil output, contrary to expectations, increased by 1% in March. An article in the Moscow Times highlights debate around the part-sale of ...
Russia’s economy shrunk by 7% in the first quarter, states Deputy Economic Development Minister, Andrei Klepach, the figures being ‘worse than we expected’. Freight shipments are likely to decrease by 22% in April after Rus...
TODAY: Reserve currency idea receives lukewarm reception at G20; cooperation with US on Afghanistan supply routes a possibility; Russia determining factor for NATO; troops remain in Georgia; Nashi activist held. President Medvedev concurred with t...
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (Germany, ALDE), rapporteur on behalf of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, has made the following statement during a fact-finding trip to Moscow to o...
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