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February 25, 2009

Energy Blast – Feb 25th, 2009

President Dmitry Medvedev and his Yemeni counterpart Ali Abdallah Salah will discuss military and trade cooperation when they meet in Moscow today, with special focus on Yemen’s electric power industry, and oil and gas sector.  A senior...
February 25, 2009

Today in Russian Business – Feb 25th, 2009

The Prosecutor General’s Office has opened an investigation into the possible misuse of billions of rubles of government funds by the state-controlled Russian Venture Company, which reportedly has deposited most of its capital in the account...
February 25, 2009

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 25th, 2009

TODAY: Khodorkovsky moved to Moscow for new trial; Medvedev urges Estonia to prosecute suspected murderers; Kremlin granting passports in neighboring countries; pro-Kremlin youth try to tarnish opposition image.Former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsk...
February 24, 2009

Grigory Pasko: The School of Kreativ

The loud advertising posts for this book scream out that before us is not just any book, but – «a paper virus of sorts, which takes possession of the mind and expands the boundaries for the realization of creative possibilities. Here are pre...
February 24, 2009

Pragmatism, Not Ideology

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has republished this interesting interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in which he tries to explain his country’s increased interest in Latin America. The interview, excerpted from an ...
February 24, 2009

Putinism is Ill-Equiped to Handle Crisis

The following is an extract from the Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Milov White Paper, as translated over on La Russophobe: The closed, authoritarian and corrupt mode of government created by Putin has turned out to be impotent when it comes to dealin...
February 24, 2009

The “Chilling Effect” of Khodorkovsky’s Imprisonment

From VOA: The head of Russia’s For Human Rights organization, Lev Ponomarev, told VOA that Khodorkovsky’s imprisonment had a chilling effect on criticism by businesses of the Kremlin. Ponomarev says Russia’s entire business commu...
February 24, 2009

Olympics, Russian Style

What better way to symbolize Russia’s global reach than through Rosneft, which has been named a top tier sponsor for the 2014 Olympic Games. “We are very happy to win the right to be a Sochi 2014 partner,” Rosneft president Segre...