The following is a translation of an interview by the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborzca with Robert Amsterdam: Markelov a victim of Putin’s regime The lawlessness built in Russia by Vladimir Putin is to be blamed for Stanislav Markelov’...
Alisher Usmanov has sold his majority stake in Yuzhno-Tambeiskoye, one of the biggest gas deposits in Russia, to Gazprom’s banking arm. Energy sector leaders from around the world have told the World Economic Forum that the current pri...
Despite efforts to help the ruble to find an equilibrium level, the currency continues to hit new lows, a drop apparently compounded by investors’ view of Vladimir Putin’s Davos speech as ‘absurd’. In a bid to stimula...
TODAY: Putin’s policies questioned; complicated ownership structures keep developments anonymous; former Mayor to be extradited to Moscow; Lavrov on EU security; missile debate exposes Poland’s security concerns.Alexander Lebedev, who ...
Things have been relatively quiet on the tit-for-tat spy games we saw going down last year, when the United States and Russia seemed to be going through some sort of strange ritual dance from the Cold War by presenting highly public awards to thei...
The previous posting by Grigory Pasko, which reported that Moscow spends more on housing its stray dogs than its homeless people, has prompted another related story (thanks to our translator) which we’ve seen going around in the Russian pres...
Living well isn’t against the law… Moscow’s budget in the epoch of crisis Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. A friend of mine works in the administration of o...
Looks like the thieves in the biggest heist in modern history might be made to be held accountable. From Reuters: The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that a case brought against Russia by shareholders in collapsed oil firm YUKOS is ...
(A note: sorry for the relatively quiet day – a hectic travel schedule and technological problems have interrupted our regularly scheduled programming … We appreciate your patience. – James) Some rather significant breaking...
Russia’s energy market is Vladimir Putin’s ‘personal project’, and the New York Times charts his involvement with the South Stream project over the last few years. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on all EU ...
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