More news about the protests in Russia over the weekend from the World News Examiner: So bad have things become, that even with limits on speech, protests swept Russia this weekend. Moscow in the west, and Vladivostok in the east – where pro...
From Seeking Alpha: We’ve just got ourselves a new economic teacher: Russian Prime Minister, nee President, Vladimir Putin. In his Davos speech he called on others not to allow too much government intervention into business, not to fall into...
One of three shareholders at ‘shadowy intermediary company’ RosUkrEnergo wants Russia, Ukraine and Europe to set up an equally-owned venture to guarantee gas supplies. Sibir Energy was forced to drop plans to bail out one of its ...
Companies are still cutting production and jobs, causing Russian manufacturing to contract at its second-fastest pace on record last month. Anatoly Chubais, chief architect of privatization in Russia during the 1990s, says the government nee...
TODAY: Thousands of protesters take to the streets all across Russia in widespread dissent; United Russia holds 30-minute pro-Kremlin rallies; Patriarch Kirill enthroned; gearing up for Russia-US meetings; Russians turn to internet for objective n...
Here’s what’s going on over at my new Venezuela Report blog: One could be forgiven for buying into the illusion of Hugo Chávez’s Venezuelan socialist utopia, especially those living comfortably abroad in open and free democ...
In the early hours of January 31, one of Venezuela’s largest and most important synagogues, Maripérez (popularly known as Papelón), was raided, ransacked, and defaced by a commando militia group. This news comes directly to me from Sam...
Dear Sergey, I read with great interest your comments on NATO and global security published in the Guardian, and as Russia’s Minister of Defense, I should hope that others gave careful consideration to the conclusions of your article. ...
I believe that this article by Amartya Sen published in the New Republic makes some tremendously important points about the future of human rights law: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights made its contribution to practical reason and global ...
So nice to hear high-placed Russian officials such as Sergey Lavrov using the language of democracy and international law. It would be even nicer if it meant something. From his article in the Guardian. Plans to expand Nato seem aimed at tackling ...
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