Steven Pearlstein has a good column in the Washington Post today explaining what is becoming well known as Russia’s energy play with this war in the Caucasus. I’d agree with some of the other analysts who argue this isn’t the onl...
We’ve blogged quite a bit about the various Kremlin owned and operated politicians in Europe, and often speculated whether or not there is quantitative coefficient of how much natural gas a given country consumes related to their level of ac...
Despite Medvedev’s orders for a ceasefire, reports this afternoon from journalists in Gori indicate that about 50 Russian tanks and armored vehicles have re-entered the Georgian city with South Ossetian militias looting stores and homes, whi...
This bit of analysis comes from Ariel Cohen in the Washington Times, who wonders when Europe and the United States will get around to questioning Russia’s claim to be an upholder of international law. Unfortunately, Iraq and Kosovo are going...
BP says its 90,000-barrels-per-day pipeline, which runs to Supsa on Georgia’s Black Sea coast from Baku in Azerbaijan, has been closed indefinitely as a precautionary measure. The Washington Post says that, precisely, “was one of the aims of...
Russia’s stock market is “the world’s worst performer this quarter” and Georgia is to suffer “lasting economic damage”. Private equity firm Carlyle Group has sold US steelmaker John Maneely Co. to Russia’s Novolipetsk Steel for $3.5 billion....
TODAY: Six-step peace process agreed on; Medvedev calls day of mourning; Russian tanks fill Gori; the PR war continues; Moscow’s Zimbabwe stance “hypocrisy”; British Foreign Secretary weighs in; Russia claims South Ossetia war crimes, Georgia file...
From the Financial Times: Russia must stand down By Joseph Biden Despite Russia’s overwhelming advantage in size and firepower in its conflict with Georgia, the Kremlin may have the most to lose if the fighting there continues. It is too soon to k...
Our favorite pro-government news outlet RBK Daily strikes again. Well known for their enthusiastic, yet often clumsy, support of the government propaganda line, this latest piece of jingoistic saber-rattling is reminiscent of the sort of stuff tha...
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