A new poll indicates that over half of Ukrainians approve of a gas deal struck with Russia last month, ending the two-week crisis that cut gas supplies in much of Europe. But the lasting consequences of the crisis are still hard to judge, especial...
What, exactly, is Russia’s stance on assisting America on the Afghan front of its war on terror? Today, The L.A. Times explores the conundrum of Russian benevolence, a mystery wrapped inside an enigma wrapped inside a Soviet-era presidential...
As the newspaper «Izvestiya» recently reported, with a reference to its «own investigation», new, sensational details have been uncovered about the death of the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and the journalist Anastasia Baburova. In the opinion of the...
From the Associated Press: Russia’s super-rich are also super-losers in the financial crisis, according to the business magazine Finans, which said Monday the top 10 wealthiest Russians lost about two-thirds of their fortunes over the past y...
The Moscow Times is reporting that executives from oil major ExxonMobil are beginning to complain about numerous delays caused by the Russian government over the development of Sakhalin-1. In the past we’ve speculated about who the Kre...
Bolivian President Evo Morales is on his first visit to Russia, hoping to win investments in natural resources exploration. ExxonMobil, which operates the Sakhalin-1 project, has reportedly ‘clashed with the government’, because ...
Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said that the main stage of ruble devaluation is ‘over’, as its current rate of 34.56 to the dollar reflects its real purchasing power, although the currency did weaken slightly against the dollar this mo...
TODAY: Medvedev’s fireside chat offers to trade loyalty for transparency and insists the economy is stable; more Moscow protests; veterans mark 20 years since Soviet troops pulled out of Afghanistan; alcohol on flights, bear hunting.In the f...
Actually that headline is a little misleading … the polls are pretty close right now to be predicting very much, and not even Hugo Chávez himself seems to know what he might do next. Nevertheless I’ve got a new piece up over at V...
Crazy days are definitely upon us: Bolivia is turning to Russia to help fight its war against coca production. (This after expelling the American ambassador for Washington’s alleged “conspiracy” against the Bolivian government an...
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