I saw this interesting translation of a column by Semen Novoprudskiy (Gazeta.ru) on JRL, which argues that comments made by Vladislav Surkov, the ideological author of such recent Russian innovations as sovereign democracy and the Nashi, show that...
More information and commentary forthcoming. From Reuters: New charges against Russia’s Khodorkovsky Russian prosecutors have brought new charges against jailed former oil businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky, his legal team said on Monday. The ...
This news clip from Al Jazeera English has some interesting and frankly conspirational interviews regarding the recent EU-Russia summit in Siberia – the type of commentary you’d be unlikely to find on CNN. The tired, old double standar...
The Financial Times has a sizable, multi-part energy report out today, with plenty of interesting material on Russia, Brazil, prices, demand, etc. that we’ll be cherry-picking over the next few days. Of immediate interest is an article entit...
Is Gazprom’s strategy political? The answer is a predictable “no,” at least in the eyes of Alexander Medvedev, the company’s deputy chairman. The article (in full after the cut) sets its sights on knocking down the European...
BP’s chief executive has warned that the era of “cheap energy” is over. The Prime Ministers of Russia and Ukraine met over the weekend and will continue to seek an agreement on what Vladimir Putin described as “excessively politicized”...
The Other Russia is reporting on a new study by Russia’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, which says that state corporations and monopolies pose a threat to economic competition. Mobile phone company MegaFon announced profit advances of 51% for the ...
TODAY: Medvedev “charms” EU officials at summit; United Russia meeting suggests Putin’s influence will continue; traffic arrest highlights corruption; Duma to create DNA database?; bishop dismissed for criticizing the Kremlin. The first EU-Russia ...
Today, as expected, Robert Mugabe cruised to a landslide victory in his “one-candidate” poll amid a chorus of international outrage, disgust, and disbelief. In all the publications I can find defending his victory, I sense a distinct s...
Ah, there’s nothing better the beginnings of a catty new fight among Russia academics. A few days ago we had the Andreas Umland smackdown of Eric Kraus, and today, Juliet Johnson of McGill University in Canada takes a few light potshots at M...
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