Valdus Adamkus, president of Lithuania, had an interview with the Financial Times today. Since the invasion of Georgia and the gas war with Ukraine, the Baltics have become an area of grave concern, where some feel as though they are next on...
In today’s Wall Street Journal, Kyle Wingfield compares Gazprom to Airbus – pointing out that what could be an eminently great company is ruined by political intervention and abuses. That said, the Russian energy sector is emblematic o...
Europe’s energy supplies are running out, with insufficient stockpiles of liquefied natural gas to cover demand and Russian gas still not flowing. Polish government representatives are due to hold talks in Moscow today over gas supplie...
The ruble continues to lose value, hitting another record low against the Euro and a six-year low against the dollar. Despite earlier reports that his attempt had been blocked, oligarch Alexander Lebedev (also profiled here) has reportedly m...
TODAY: Ukraine and Russia to meet, Barroso decries lack of gas resolution, both sides continue to apportion blame. World Economic Forum to see mass protests; Putin takes up painting.The governments of Ukraine and Russia have agreed to meet this Sa...
On Monday afternoon, the editor of this blog posted an excerpt of an article authored by one Dr. Gary Busch, entitled “The Misperception of the Russian-Ukrainian Gas Problem.” We have since been notified by John Evans of European...
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has donated a painting to charity, but don’t blame him for the Ukrainian detailing on the window curtains. Here is a link to the auction website – I wonder if Putin’s painting will garner the h...
Here is a link to Robert Amsterdam’s appearance on Canada’s Business News Network (BNN) Market Morning Brief segment to discuss the geopolitical and financial implications of the Russia-Ukraine gas dispute.
Former Secretary of State Larry Eagleburger has a shocking confession about Russia – he apologizes to inform us that he thinks U.S. policies are partly to blame for the deterioration in relations with Russia: “From my perspective, and ...
Back when Betrand Russel declared that “Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who will get the blame,” he probably had not yet envisioned that Russian authoritarian capitalism would function in a similar way (except f...
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