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December 22, 2008

Grigory Pasko: Are Hangmen Sad at Night?

Are hangmen sad at night? Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. President of the RF Dmitry Medvedev, appearing at the beginning of December at the All-Russian Congress of Judges, ...
December 22, 2008

The VEB Holiday Bump

Traders should be happy to hear this holiday news from Reuters: Russian state bank VEB may launch a last-ditch attempt to improve the Russian stock market’s dismal 2008 performance with stepped-up cash interventions in thin holiday trade, an...
December 22, 2008

The Information Vacuum

From an editorial in the Rocky Mountain News: “We are hurtling back into a Soviet abyss, into an information vacuum that spells death from our own ignorance,” Politkovskaya wrote in The Guardian two years before her death. “All w...
December 22, 2008

Russia’s Depleting Foreign Reserves

FT columnist Gideon Rachman blogs about the crisis protests over this weekend, and takes a look at the remarkable speed with which Russia’s once abundant foreign reserve fund is emptying: More broadly, the Russian government is facing a seri...
December 22, 2008

ECHR Orders Russia to Release Yukos Prisoner

UPDATE: Reuters is on the story now.  The following news release was arrived in our email box from the defense team of Vasily Alexanyan. European Court of Human Rights orders Russia to release AIDS prisoner The European Court of Human Rights ...
December 22, 2008

Energy Blast – Dec 22nd, 2008

Read a summary of Russia’s attempts in 2008 to secure a share in the Caspian’s oil and gas reserves.  A deal has just been ratified between Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to build a natural gas pipeline along the Caspian.&nbs...
December 22, 2008

Today in Russian Business – Dec 22nd, 2008

Vladimir Putin issued a warning to employers over the weekend about job cuts. ‘Business should not… fire people without extreme need,‘ he said.  State-run banks are planning to inform the authorities of any breach of workers...
December 22, 2008

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Dec 22nd, 2008

TODAY: Car tariff demonstrations see protesters beaten and arrested – video; Russia delivers air-defense system to Iran; Belarus could get $3 billion loan if willing to pay the price; presidential term vote unanimous; the Merchant of Death o...
December 21, 2008

Chavez Uses Russia to Play “International Poker”

The following is an exclusive translation from today’s edition of El Nacional, a leading daily newspaper in Venezuela – an interview with an expert on Russia-Venezuela relations. EL NACIONAL – Domingo 21 de Diciembre de 2008Mundo...
December 21, 2008

Protesters Beaten, Discontent Spreads

Although this has not yet turned into a full fledged manifestation of the “greek virus” of widespread social discontent, over the weekend Russia has been assailed with protest actions in multiple cities in response to the state’s...