Today Sean-Paul Kelley at the Agonist writes about the Russian hijinks in Georgia and Kaliningrad, which he argues is like a “dead cat bounce” – a slight, fitful resurgence in an otherwise long, steep decline: But, in the long ru...
We are going to be publishing a series of translations from the Russian press which ran following the visit to Moscow of the Polish historian Adam Michnik. This one comes from Svoboda News. Adam Michnik: “Putinism – not only a Russian ...
Not that anybody here needs reminding, but we were the first source to predict that Russia would be the first to test Obama. From the Washington Post: It’s not surprising that the regime of Mr. Medvedev and his master, Vladimir Putin, would ...
In talking with some colleagues and reviewing the text of President Dmitry Medvedev’s bombastic speech on Nov. 5th, I am struck with the impression that this government sometimes appears to be making its decisions out a ridiculous attention-...
I thought this was pretty amusing from the Moscow Times today, “Hawkish Bread on A Liberal Sandwich.” President Dmitry Medvedev’s first state-of-the-nation speech might be best described as a club sandwich. Rather than sending ou...
There are some who unfairly complain that the Kremlin just uses its state-owned energy monopolies Gazprom and Rosneft as political instruments to threaten Western-leaning governments of Eastern Europe with supply cuts. That’s just not true! ...
Today Vedomosti is reporting that President Dmitry Medvedev could resign in 2009 in order to clear the way for the return of Vladimir Putin. Citing an unidentified source close to the Kremlin, it is believed that following Medvedev’s proposa...
Russia and Venezuela begin further energy talks today, as a delegation including Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin arrives in Caracas. Sechin says that Russia will make its own rules on oil production, and Medvedev has proposed conducting oil and ...
Despite Dmitry Medvedev’s anti-corruption drive, the number of registered corruption-related crimes in Russia’s law enforcement agencies increased by more than 35% in the first nine months of 2008. The dramatic drop in steel exports initiate...
TODAY: The return of President Putin? Medvedev’s state-of-the-nation address seen as a welcoming threat to Barack Obama; Poland certain US will go ahead with missile defense, Russia set to retaliate; EU to push for partnership talks to resume next...
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