TODAY: Medvedev outlines further anti-corruption measures, positive on Obama meeting; Russia may abandon plans to supply missile system to Iran; European Court of Human Rights rules against Kremlin; heroin, disappearing ink. As part of his drive a...
This one comes from the Global News Blog at Reuters: Pushkin’s “Russian Uprising” was an 18th century peasant revolt focused on the Ural and Volga regions led by Yemelian Pugachev, a pretender to the throne of Tsarina Catherine t...
Writing in the Moscow Times, Alexander Golts thinks that the Russians are in no hurry to conclude any talks about arms treaties with the United States. The real question is whether Moscow has any desire for a compromise or a new treaty. President ...
The Wall Street Journal points out Putinka vodka sells much more than Medvedeff vodka. Putinka vodka piggybacked on the cult-like popularity of Vladimir Putin to become one of Russia’s top-selling brands of spirits. For a new vodka named aft...
Russia’s government analysts see the energy sector as the ‘pivotal area of bilateral economic cooperation’ with Hungary, as the two countries begin a round of talks for cooperation. The Indian government has rejected critic...
The Finance Ministry says that the revised 2009 budget will not include additional funding for mortgages, which will toughen demand for borrowers. A 33% stake in Troika Dialog was bought by South Africa’s Standard Bank last week, and T...
TODAY: Putin disbands departments in charge of Medvedev’s national projects, moves to support shipbuilding; military and Women’s Day protests; Saakashvili blames Russia for increased protests, Tymoshenko on Russia and Europe.The Kremli...
Will the real Shokhin please stand up? By the Polittechnologist Member of the Presidium of the General Council of United Russia (this is the putinite analogue of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union) Mr...
This is from a Q&A posted by Reuters with Eurasia Group (Ian Bremmer). EG doesn’t often tell you much that a regular RA.com reader wouldn’t already know (including a definition of the word “siloviki”), but it̵...
In a sea of colorful Russia pundits, I would definitely say that Evgeny Gontmakher stands out. After all, this is the guy who bravely authored the Novocherkassk-2009 article in Vedomosti, a prognosis of the potential political impact of sudd...
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