The Commerce Department is reporting that U.S. exports to Russia shot up by more than 45% from Feb. 07 to Feb. 08, while a survey report of 300 international retailers ranked Russia third (22%) as a preferred destination for new franchises. There&...
TODAY: The Merchant of Death, Russia pressures the UN on Kosovo, problems with Poland, nationalizing the airport, Moscow Mayor looks to climb, and a look at Putin’s PM power play. Reputedly one of the world’s most prolific arms dealers...
The following is an exclusive translation of breaking news from Lenta.ru. It appears that the offices of the civil society organization “For Human Rights” – headed up by Lev Ponomarev (photographed at right during 2007 protest ar...
A report from the conference of democratic forces of Russia in St. Petersburg By Grigory Pasko, journalist The weather in St. Petersburg on the morning of 5 April was glorious – a rare occurrence for this city. And already in the morning, access t...
RFE/RL has an interesting interview with Yelena Tregubova, a journalist and author who was forced to flee to asylum in the United Kingdom following death threats in her native Russia for government-critical reporting. “In fact, the strange t...
EurActiv has an interesting interview today with Fraser Cameron, director of the EU-Russia Centre, who argues that “Russia is a master of ‘divide and rule’” tactics, and says that “The key message is that the EU must ...
There’s a very interesting opinion article in the Wall Street Journal today about Europe’s efforts to bring Turkmen gas directly to the EU without first going through Russia, arguing that the new President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov o...
BP stands to lose up to $20 billion to Gazprom as the government seizes control of a larger stake in the production project at TNK-BP’s Kovykta field. Rosneft’s fourth quarter net earnings leaped from $603 million last year to $2.98 bi...
The IMF is predicting a cool down in Russia’s surging economic growth. They write in the World Economic Outlook, “In Russia and Ukraine, where banks borrowed heavily in international markets to finance rapid growth in domestic lending,...
TODAY: Tanks on Red Square, Ban Ki-Moon visits Russia, big business pleads before Medvedev, China buying less weapons from Russia, castration for pedophiles, and the seven-year presidential term. The May 9th Victory Day parade in Moscow once again...
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