The following is an exclusive English translation of an article published in German magazine Der Spiegel. Consequences of Being Candid Mikhail Khodorkovsky is looking at many years of imprisonment from the second trial as well, unless President Me...
It’s a time honored tradition among Russian officials, especially in times of crisis or challenging moments, to speak about the country in terms of what we call “the victim narrative” – a presentation of all events occurrin...
Gazprom, ‘Russia’s most indebted company’, plans to place a eurobond with a minimum volume of CHF 200 million, and a yield of around 9%. Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin says Russia will sign its final deal with China on t...
After the World Bank’s report was published yesterday, warning that the financial crisis could push 5.8 million Russians into poverty, the ruble fell to its lowest rate in ten days. The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs...
TODAY: Russia and China planning to push world currency at G20?; NATO highlights perceived tensions; industrial regions increasingly troubled; opposition activists charged for blog post; Russia calls for OSCE monitoring in South Ossetia; space ten...
A very, very important article in the Moscow Times, wherein numerous third parties echo our views on the injustice being currently perpetrated by the Russian authorities in the case against Mikhail Khodorkovsky: But an examination by The Moscow Ti...
On Tuesday in Moscow the first hearings will be held for the so-called “second trial” of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, though to use such language of legalism may be misleading in describing this process. In the preliminary hearings lead...
The Kremlin plans to create a new military force to protect its energy interests in the disputed Arctic region. Oil producer Surgutneftegaz has agreed to buy 21% of Hungarian refiner MOL from Austrian oil and gas company OMV for €1.4 billion...
President Dmitry Medvedev called for a widening of the reserve currency basket and repeated Russia’s interest in a new global reserve currency during his BBC interview this weekend. He also said that indebted tycoons – not foreig...
TODAY: Medvedev gives BBC interview; Nemtsov registered to run for mayor of Sochi; Duma passes pro-opposition bill readings; Medvedev and Obama to meet this week; Kremlin blocks European Court of Human Rights.President Dmitry Medvedev was intervie...
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