Today’s news that Spanish energy champion Gas Natural has signed an LNG deal with Gazprom for the Shtokman Field comes at a crucial time for the energy security of the country vis-a-vis Russia. The agreement, which will allow for faster, eas...
No matter who takes office following the upcoming presidential elections in the United States, he had better start making relations with Russia a top priority, argues an editorial in Sunday’s Boston Globe: The next U.S. president will have t...
The New Republic has a very interesting book review of a new translation of Maxim Gorky’s biographical writings and other materials, which provides a fresh perspective on the Russian Revolution through the eyes of a literary titan. Gorky may...
Will Stewart at the Evening Standard points out that many foreign interests in Russia will be closely watching the handling of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s parole request as an indication of the safety of doing business in the country: Analysis: A...
A new law signed by the State Duma will reportedly empower the government to “hand-pick companies” to develop the vast oil reserves thought to be in the Arctic shelf. TNK-BP chief Robert Dudley has been barred from working in Russia, and will not ...
TODAY: Medvedev’s new (old) foreign policy; China and Russia end territorial dispute; Muslim council protests literature ban; troubled Abkhazia rejects German peace plan. Dmitry Medvedev’s stance on foreign policy “suggests a resentment of unilate...
It’s people who make the system Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. The chattering continues… I’m talking here about the fact that a command has obviously been given to the Russ...
Lest we were worried about the relevancy of the blogosphere, it appears that the PR department at the Nord Stream headquarters in Switzerland has been carefully following Grigory Pasko’s copious original coverage of this pipeline project, wh...
I have written about it several times on this blog, often to the vocal disagreement of some readers: The United States has really bungled a lot of opportunities with Russia in recent years, caused undue frustration and distrust among key members w...
Nobody had any illusions about Angela Merkel’s visit to Algeria this week. Although the official reason for the visit was to oversee the signing of deal to build a major landmark mosque in Algiers (rendering shown – talk about corporat...
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