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February 11, 2009

Spies Like Us

A Georgian magazine today excerpts quotes from a Russian whistleblower’s accusations about modern Kremlin spy tactics. According to Anna Bukovskaya, a 20-year-old member of the pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi, since 2007 the Kremlin has been i...
February 11, 2009

Go(a)t Milk?

Russian scientists are implanting goats with the human genes necessary to produce breast milk, reports The Telegraph. The goal, apparently, is to provide an alternate source of nutrition for babies whose mothers cannot breastfeed them, although sc...
February 11, 2009

Enter the Protagonist

One European policy wonk says the European Union has become “too technocratic and business-oriented” in its relations with Russia, demonstrating a “narrow, almost provincial understanding” of events like the recent Russia-U...
February 11, 2009

Energy Blast – Feb 11th, 2009

Does Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko’s fury about the Ukraine-Moscow gas deal have anything to do with rumors of his close ties to the intermediary RosUkrEnergo, which the new agreement sidelines?, wonders Yulia Latynina.  A start...
February 11, 2009

Today in Russian Business – Feb 11th, 2009

Russia’s designer clothing labels are in trouble.  $13 billion worth of infrastructure projects are on hold due to a current lack of private investors, and the government is to spend $350 million of state money on buying locally made ca...
February 11, 2009

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 11th, 2009

TODAY: Spotlight on US-Russia foreign policy; Belarus wants more loans from Russia; Human Rights Watch condemns government’s treatment of migrant workers; political cartoons.All eyes are on upcoming developments in US-Russia foreign policy. ...
February 11, 2009

No Metals Merger for Now

The Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service has announced it is opposed to the idea of merging Norilsk Nickel into a single metals company owned partially by the state, since this is just a scheme proposed by Russian metals tycoons struggling to pay...
February 10, 2009

Boris Nemtsov: Dictatorship or Perestroika

The following is an exclusive translation from Grani.ru. Dictatorship or perestroika By Boris Nemtsov, Grani.ru The crisis has shown the complete incompetency and weakness of the state built by Putin. The main feature of “putinism” ...
February 10, 2009

Guinea-Gate

Tabloid newspaper Metro UK features an article on the Kremlin once again acting in aggression before their PR team can asses the situation. Case in point, the story features Nastya Ivliyeva, a thirteen-year-old girl who sent a message to Dmitry Me...
February 10, 2009

Not So Rapid Reaction

Only days after its formation, the Collective Security Treaty Organization‘s rapid reaction force already has a breach. AFP reports that Belarus apparently didn’t understand that the force might actually be used, you know, for combat, ...