One appears to be liberal leaning and pro-engagement, the other more hawkish and confrontational. Both men will be vying for influence over foreign policy in coming years, seeking to impose their different visions of international politics, and po...
The Financial Times has an opinion article up urging the West to seize the Medvedev moment and begin new discussions. They also call upon him to fulfill his promises to restore rule of law and release political prisoners such as Mikhail Khodorkovs...
The oft-cited finance man Chris Weafer has an interesting, if not overly optimistic, opinion article in the Moscow Times about Gazprom under the next presidential administration. Rebranding Gazprom By Chris Weafer The transfer of presidential powe...
Here’s a news clip which begins with a story about the other Dmitry Medvedev, and concludes, like so many other news sources, that no one should expect any major shift in policy right away.
From the Wall Street Journal: “Everybody loves this idea of a thaw,” says Konstantin Remchukov, editor of Nezavisimaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s few independent national newspapers.
“Medvedev’s shift from Gazprom chairman to Russia’s president will be a key factor in rebranding Gazprom and Russia as a whole.” In a bid to increase its number of natural gas suppliers, Israel’s ministry is in discussions with a numbe...
Vladimir Putin has just signed a law allowing Russia to start restricting foreign investment in key sectors of the economy such as energy and aviation. Investors have complained that the law limits access to more than half of Russia’s econom...
TODAY: Putin changes journalist rules for the White House and increases Prime Minister’s deputies, denies that Victory Day parade is a threat; Russia and US to sign civilian nuclear cooperation pact; FSB clarifying definition of espionage. Vladimi...
Clifford Levy at the Times talks to some ordinary Russians about what they think of the new memorial unveiled in honor of former president Boris Yeltin: Photo credit: James Hill for The New York Times “It’s horrible, just horrible,” said Anastasia...
The following is exclusive English translation Yevgeni Zhirnov, “The Most Staged Court in the World”, Kommersant VLAST, No. 14 [768], 14 April 2008, pp. 64-69. With the assistance of the VAGRIUS publishing house «Vlast» presents a series of histor...
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