This one comes from Vidya Ram at Forbes: “Contract killings may have decreased in frequency since the 1990s and the day of wild capitalism, but they are still occurring regularly in Russia, though they rarely make the headlines,” he to...
From Reuters: “Russia has reached a crossroads. Many of the oligarchs are basically bankrupt and will not get out of this mess by themselves,” said one senior Western banker, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of debt t...
From Russia Profile, Ethan Burger’s contribution to the debate: There is no doubt that the Russian authorities conducted what amounted to a “show trial” against Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The Russian prosecution does not usually place...
The following article by Robert Amsterdam was published today on The Huffington Post: Despite the well worn campaign slogan, so far Washington’s new foreign policy under President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seems to ...
This is the last news Russia needs right now … yet another company violating its own laws to allegedly cheat other shareholders. Maybe the Norwegians should’ve talked to BP or William Browder before getting into bed with Alfa. Fr...
Oil saw an 11% jump in price yesterday, with some reporting the cause as a rumor that Russia could join OPEC. Russia plans to invite members of the cartel, together with other major oil producers, to discuss global oil prices at a Moscow for...
An investment analyst in London suggests that contract killings in Russia ‘are far more prolific than the number reported in the media suggest’, and the director of Transparency International notes the disastrous effect these killings ...
TODAY: Protesters mark Day of Dissent; Russia opposed to G20 fiscal stimulus level; US-Russia relations. Putin PR in Novokuznetsk, Khodorkovksy lawyers want indictment redrawn; Boris Nemstov to run for Mayor in Sochi.Several Russian cities saw opp...
Blogging at the Power Vertical, Robert Coalson points out that the Russians may be disinclined from trying very hard to repair relations with Washington when there is so much to gain from anti-Americanism and the permanent fear of an outside enemy...
Dr. Theodore Postol of M.I.T. has an op/ed in the New York Times today arguing for an alternative to the missile defense shield planned for Poland and the Czech Republic. It seems all fine and good, but Postol is making the assumption that R...
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