Earlier this week, the British historian Orlando Figes alleged that his Russian publisher, Atticus, had jettsoned his book, “The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin’s Russia” due to “political pressure” and Kremlin-led...
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, prepare to meet in Geneva today, a Bush administration policy expert on Russia and Eastern Europe offers some advice on post-secret letter U.S./Russia relations in a...
Vladimir Putin warned that Ukraine’s recent raid on Naftogaz could jeopardize the flow of Russian gas to Europe, and threatened to cut supplies again if February bills weren’t paid by Saturday – but Gazprom said it received full ...
Inflation is at a four-month high of 13.9%. International reserves are dropping at a slower speed thanks to a slight increase in oil prices, seeing the ruble hit its strongest level in a week against the dollar. ‘The regional gov...
TODAY: NATO agrees to restore normal relations with Russia; Kremlin working on anti-satellite weapons; Khodorkovsky trial in the news; media owner attacked; Medvedev orders investigation into elections; Gorbachev criticizes United Russia.In a west...
Yesterday we posted some hostile reactions to President Barack Obama’s “secret letter” overture to the Russians to suspend the plans for a missile shield in Europe. Today, we bring you a ringing endorsement of the letter, w...
Stratfor has published an opus of sorts on the Russian financial predicament. What’s so unique about it is the historical lens through which the authors gauge the truths and fictions of the Kremlin’s recent rise, including the counter-...
“What doesn’t seem to be much appreciated is that the main problem isn’t really Georgia. It’s that Georgia is the thread hanging off the tattered sweater; you pull it, and the sweater falls apart.” This quote, from St...
Hillary Clinton’s trip to Brussels today–where NATO foreign ministers have pledged to discuss improving relations with Russia–and then to Geneva on Friday to meet with her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, has been all over the...
One fifth of Russia’s oil exports has been halted due to a Novorossiisk pipeline fire yesterday. Ukraine’s armed investigation of Naftogaz ‘reinforces a view, already widespread in international energy circles, that the dis...
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