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December 12, 2012

When African Leaders Visit Moscow

Welcome to the new multipolarity.  President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni made some interesting comments during a visit to Moscow this week: President Museveni, currently on a visit to Russia, has criticised the arrogance of western countries and the...
December 12, 2012

When African Leaders Visit Moscow

Welcome to the new multipolarity.  President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni made some interesting comments during a visit to Moscow this week: President Museveni, currently on a visit to Russia, has criticised the arrogance of western countries and the...
December 12, 2012

Tropical Kremlinology

As I blogged the other day, Venezuela’s populist dynamo Hugo Chávez has left the country yet again for more cancer treatments in Cuba, possibly for the last time.  In his absence:  intricate clan wars among the ruling party, an aspiring oppo...
December 12, 2012

Tropical Kremlinology

As I blogged the other day, Venezuela’s populist dynamo Hugo Chávez has left the country yet again for more cancer treatments in Cuba, possibly for the last time.  In his absence:  intricate clan wars among the ruling party, an aspiring oppo...
December 12, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Dec 12, 2012

TODAY: Opposition apartments searched by investigators; Putin invokes Soviet nostalgia; analysts question the viability of anti-graft drive. Lady Gaga falls foul of anti-gay propaganda law; Politkovskaya’s son criticizes probe into her death...
December 11, 2012

The Incredible Disappearing Hugo Chávez

It would be a mistake to assume that Chávez's inevitable departure from power after 14 years is unambiguously good news for the country. The coming power struggle could get very ugly, very quickly.
December 11, 2012

The Incredible Disappearing Hugo Chávez

It would be a mistake to assume that Chávez's inevitable departure from power after 14 years is unambiguously good news for the country. The coming power struggle could get very ugly, very quickly.
December 10, 2012

The New Cartelisation

Remember a few years ago when Russia was having fun talking about a natural-gas OPEC?  It was largely derided at the time considering wildly different nature of the trade of this commodity (not the same spot market as oil), and then wholly forgott...
December 10, 2012

The New Cartelisation

Remember a few years ago when Russia was having fun talking about a natural-gas OPEC?  It was largely derided at the time considering wildly different nature of the trade of this commodity (not the same spot market as oil), and then wholly forgott...
December 10, 2012

Journalists as an Endangered Species in Russia

But real journalism is not only a well-performed job. It is also a public service. And the service works, if it is in demand. Thus, only society can provide real support and protection for journalists.