In her much-ballyhooed speech before the German Marshall Fund, Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice suggests that maybe Russia shouldn’t be quite so proud that Nicaragua and Hamas figure among their only supporters…
One of the best things about being the editor of this blog is that all kinds of people email me interesting stuff to post that often gets missed by the media. Case in point, I’ve exchanged a few emails with a reader from Tbilisi, who has not...
[Editor’s note: just this week Mikhail Tanich, the poet profiled below by Grigory Pasko, would have celebrated his 85th birthday.] Mikhail Tanich: «Jail – is the Russian melody…» Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал да...
Garry Kasparov tees off in the Wall Street Journal on Russia’s economic crisis: Dictatorial power demands to expand into every available space. Establishing effective penalties will require great political will, especially in Europe. There M...
From the Lex Column of the Financial Times: The crisis has highlighted that Russia is hardwired into the global economy. It cannot escape external factors such as dollar or oil price shifts. And a confrontational foreign policy has a cost in terms...
United Company RusAl could spend as much as $3 billion in China over the next seven years, expecting the country to generate half of its revenues. Gazprom is seeking bank loans of $700 million. Is the company really as powerful as people think? BP...
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin insists that Russia will not turn its back on the free market, but will the market crisis give anti-Western Kremlin hawks more clout for arguing against capitalism? And how will it affect Russian politics at home? The...
TODAY: Russia could block Nato from using its airspace; Robert Gates’ statement on Russia harshly interpreted, Condoleezza Rice tries a violent verbal attack although even US commentators are unimpressed; new military assertiveness; corruption; al...
This week the Economist is finishing off an online Oxford-style debate on Russia. The Proposal: The West must be bolder in response to the newly assertive Russia. The PRO position is argued by Anne-Marie Slaughter while the CON position is argued ...
The Washington Post is reporting on some early leaked quotes from a speech being given right now as I type this at the German Marshall Fund from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. It appears the State Dept. is showing its willingness to step up ...
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