TODAY: Kremlin forces USAID office to close; Putin slams officials, Medvedev; Russia to forgive 90% of North Korea debt; YouTube could be blocked over extremist video; deputies resigning from business positions in wake of Gudkov’s ouster; Pussy Ri...
A post today on the Economist’s Eastern approaches blog looks at the conflicts of interests in Russia’s relationship with Syria, presenting it as a fair-weather friendship. The latter stands to receive $1 billion worth of loans from i...
TODAY: Magnitsky suspect pleads not guilty; Gessen met with Putin about getting her job back; Putin talks about his staged stunts; Alrosa sells iron ore stake to Evraz; RUSAL seeks Chinese investment. Dmitry Kratov, the only defendant in the case ...
TODAY: Medvedev calls for release of imprisoned Pussy Riot members, Berezovsky denies funding the group; Lavrov expresses shock over Libya deaths; Russia pressures Moldova over Europe gas plans; Dvorkovich opposes Rosneft-BP tie-up; Ukraine introd...
TODAY: Putin signs deal forbidding Gazprom to cooperate with E.U. regulators, calls for end to investigation; Gazprom seeks to increase foothold in Germany; authorities approve March of Millions; VTB hits back at Navalny accusations; Russia ups Bu...
Masha Gessen: […] a week ago Saturday, I got a call from my publisher: The president’s administration was requesting that a Vokrug Sveta writer-photographer team accompany Putin on a hang-glider flight geared at reintroducing Siberian cranes...
It has now been 21 years since the end of the Soviet Union, but Stalin’s policies still appear to have a strong hold over the country’s leader. Two separate articles this week have picked up on this, analysing contemporary Putinism...
TODAY: Duma to vote on Gennady Gudkov this Friday; court rules legal confiscation of Sobchak cash; rights group seeks excommunication of Patriarch Kirill; Pussy Riot festival goes ahead despite authorities’ pressure; Navalny accuses VTB; new evide...
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