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October 8, 2008

Today in Russian Business – Oct 8, 2008

The west should react ‘cautiously but positively’ to the Kremlin’s offer to help Iceland deal with the financial crisis. Iceland denies that it could allow a Russian navy base on its land as collateral for the support. The MICEX has only see...
October 8, 2008

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 8, 2008

TODAY: Medvedev on presidential podcast, will push for new EU security treaty; troops to leave South Ossetia as planned; crowds mark Politkovskaya’s death; Olmert given no promises on arms sales; Syria and Russia strengthening military ties; Putin...
October 7, 2008

Obama’s Russia Adviser Against Isolation

Michael McFaul, who serves as Sen. Barack Obama’s main Russia policy adviser, is quoted by Bloomberg tonight talking about his positions on engagement with Moscow, WTO ascension, and the missile shield issue. “Obviously, in contrast to...
October 7, 2008

Iceland Gets Left Out in the Cold

One of the biggest problems with the United States becoming a debtor nation instead of a creditor is that we really lose any ability to help out our valued friends in times of trouble. As such, the banking crisis in Iceland has forced the governme...
October 7, 2008

Video: Putin’s Judo DVD

We’ve done a little bit of blogging from time to time about Vladimir Putin’s interest in the martial art of Judo, and today, with the release his DVD to celebrate his 56th birthday, the media is scrambling to interpret what they can gl...
October 7, 2008

The Onerous Burden of Putin’s Cult of Personality

Whoever said that ruling Russia with an iron fist was all fun and games never had to consider these kinds of enormous inconveniences: Authorities in the Chechnya region, now largely calm after Putin sent in troops to crush a separatist rebellion i...
October 7, 2008

Esquire Interview with Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Part 2 of 5

The Russian version of Esquire magazine has published a very interesting and extensive conversation between Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the writer Grigory Chkhartishvili – who is better known for his extremely popular fiction writing under the ...
October 7, 2008

Grigory Pasko: Remembering Anna Politkovskaya

Open, vivid, brave… This is how I’ll always remember Anna Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. There was a short period in my journalistic life when I worked at Novaya Gazeta as ...
October 7, 2008

Moscow’s Real Estate Problem

An article in the Washington Post reports that the slowdown in Moscow’s construction boom due to the financial crisis could begin to create some serious political problems. Polonsky’s move, suspending more than 80 percent of his compan...