Video: Panic in Russia over Oil Price Drop
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Recognizing Russia’s Traditional Sensitivity
From an editorial on the breakdown of peace talks between Georgia and Russia in Japan’s Asahi Shimbun. The fact that Georgia triggered the military clash by sending troops to retake South Ossetia doesn’t justify Russia’s decision...
Energy Blast – Oct. 17, 2008
Rosneft, LUKoil, TNK-BP, Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz are all under pressure from the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service to reduce domestic prices. TNK-BP is being hung out to dry by Gazprom, which has reneged on its agreement to buy 63% of the Kovy...
Today in Russian Business – Oct. 17, 2008
First, Russia’s energy companies successfully lobbied for a bailout, now it is the airline industry. Amid economic woes, Sibir Energy announced it was moving beyond oil into real estate and leisure. Dmitry Medvedev has told his cabinet that ...
In Singapore, an Uphill Battle for Justice and Basic Rights
Many readers of this blog are already familiar with the Singaporean pro-democracy activist and opposition politician Dr. Chee Soon Juan, who has published a number of essays on this blog. His organization’s tireless struggle to assert basic ...
Grigory Pasko: Rascism in Russia
About the national pride of the Great Russians… Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. I have already written an article with such a name in our blog. The previous time I was talki...
Andrey Novikov: “Who is this Anna Politkovskaya?”
[Editor’s note: Andrei Novikov is a Russian journalist, who at one point was subjected to involuntary psychiatric confinement after publishing articles critical of local government. His case first rose to international attention on this blog...
The Moskalenko Poisoning
Today the newspapers are filled with stories about the mercury poisoning of Karinna Moskalenko. This one from Tony Halpin at the Times of London has some good information: “The machinery of the state is probably now so angry with my activities, bu...
Video: Russia in Search of Allies
Matthew Chance of CNN reports on Russia’s sudden financial altruism. Embedded video from CNN Video
The Turkmen Energy Giant
Turkmenistan has just discovered what might be the fourth largest natural gas field on earth. I am sure that Gazprom doesn’t like this development whatsoever. From the Asia Times: British consultancy firm Gaffney, Cline & Associates (GC...