As may be expected, Fox News has gleefully teed off with all the recent Russia-Venezuela military-oil-nuclear stories to produce some scary news segments, which seem to make the mistake of assuming that Hugo Chavez ever needed Russia’s help ...
It looks like Rice and Lavrov “agree” on something… From Condoleezza Rice’s article in Gazeta Wyborcza: Finally, the United States and Europe will not allow Russia’s leaders to have it both ways – drawing benefi...
Last week I read a number of news articles which made reference to an important op/ed published in the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. I have finally tracked down a full translation of the piece, which urge...
The Moscow Times is running a column by Glenn Kolleeny and Randy Bregman of Salans which argues that Russia’s Law on Foreign Investment in Strategic Companies reaches far beyond its legitimate purpose to protect certain industries from forei...
Another horrifying dispatch from the New York Times about the war the world would rather forget: In a campaign to punish families with sons suspected of supporting the insurgency, at least a dozen homes have been set ablaze since midsummer, reside...
In a surprise move, Russia has backed a new United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Tehran’s nuclear program. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has signed a deal granting five major Russian energy companies access to Venezuelan oil, a...
The London Stock Exchange has gained on last week’s suspension of the MICEX. The Russian stock market is undergoing a reshuffle at its highest level. Oleg Deripaska wants London’s High Court to dismiss a multibillion-dollar lawsuit filed aga...
TODAY: Russia to overhaul its army; Lavrov calls for international solidarity on terrorism; Union of Right Forces may disband over Kremlin row; Rice says Russia shouldn’t have a veto for Nato. President Dmitry Medvedev has announced an overhaul of...
Back in 2004, I remember discussing the disturbing political convergence happening in both Russia and Venezuela with an American journalist, arguing that a unique blend of resource nationalism, populism, and repressive authoritarianism was beginni...
Having watched the first presidential debate a couple of times now, and having reviewed the transcript, I am inclined toward the opinion that Sen. Barack Obama secured an unexpected victory over Sen. John McCain – however he won it on points...
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