National Review Online has posted a symposium asking various experts whether or not they believe that Russia’s naval deployment in the Panama Canal (the first time since WWII) this weekend means that Moscow has made a clear declaration of a ...
There are early reports in the Russian media that the former general counsel of Yukos, Vasily Alexanyan, who has been held unjustly in prison on pre-trial detenion for years and denied medical attention, has been released on bail. Only six w...
It must have been a month or so ago that my wife brought to my attention that the towel-dryer in our bathroom wasn’t working [all Russian flats have an exposed hot-water pipe on the bathroom wall for hanging wet towels and clothes on–T...
Mining group Mechel, which has previously had difficulties with the state, is back in the hot seat as a new investigation by anti-monopoly authorities will target it as well as SUEK following complaints from power firms on prices. The Kremli...
Lukoil’s interest in Spain’s Repsol is continuing to provoke debate, but some warn that the media hysteria over the risks of Russian ownership are overblown, especially if the deal is viewed as an insurance policy: But LukoilR...
TODAY: National mourning of the patriarch continues, Switzerland helps soften Russia-Georgia relations, a hostage siege in Dagestan ends with fatalities, more asset seizures on the horizon, fingers point to FSB in Politkovskaya trial, and Russia j...
From Radio Free Europe: “The Kremlin can say — and it has said many times — that there is no financial crisis in Russia. And the people are supposed to accept that. And the Kremlin itself partly believes what it says because in R...
It’s refreshing to come across articles about positive human rights developments in Russia. There’s an optimistic piece in yesterday’s Economist, praising a number of recent protests by Russian citizens, including the juror...
Will Ukraine face a Russian gas cut, like the one in 2006? Putin has re-issued last year’s threats to Ukraine that Russia would cut supplies if it did not receive debt repayments, and suggested that Ukraine had ‘lost its mindR...
In 2006, Thomas Friedman argued that the price of oil correlates to democracy in emerging markets. With characteristic grandeur he remarked, “give me $18-a-barrel oil and I will give you political and economic reform from Algeria to Iran....
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