A four-part video series from the BBC brings an eclectic group together to debate a flawed question. Nevertheless, in their collective efforts to not be misunderstood, the speakers occasional raise some good points. Parts 1-3 after the jump.
[see Part 1 here] “Shaving into a soldier” – a method from two centuries ago But it doesn’t scare the young oppositioneers of Russia – Part 2 By Grigory Pasko, journalist You say “without opening a criminal case”… But they approve of this me...
Quentin Peel of the FT worries that Russia could “blunder into confrontation” with its hard-line pursuit on Kosovo’s separatist precedent: Russia shows its displeasure at Kosovo By Quentin Peel Fall-out from the independence of K...
Joshua Kurlantzick, one of the few to see the big picture, has a good piece in the Boston Globe on the rise and rise of authoritarian capitalist states: As the global business momentum shifts from private companies to national governments, the imp...
Rosneft has completed repayment of the second, $5.2 billion tranche of the short-term loan it raised last year to finance acquisitions. After major campaigning from the World Wildlife Fund and other environmental charities, the British government ...
Foreign direct investment into Russia this year could exceed last year’s figure of $28 billion. The Federal Customs Service has decided not to close its Baltic and Vladivostok ports to meat imports. The closure would have forced meat prices ...
TODAY: Putin assassination attempt foiled; Russia’s “destructive culture of lies; US and Russia to discuss missile defense. “Ladies” vodka fuels alcoholism fears. Security forces are said to have foiled an attempt by a sniper to kill President Vla...
An initiative group for the organization of a Public Tribunal to investigate crimes against humanity in the Russian Federation was established on 6 March 2008. Its members include human rights advocates Ludmilla Alexeyeva, Valery Abramkin, Andrei ...
RFE/RF has an interesting analytical piece about a letter sent from Sergei Kovalyov, a much respected human rights activist, to Vladimir Putin before the March 2 presidential elections. Kovalyov’s letter is worth reading, as it rises above m...
Grigory Pasko has posted some dystopic tales of his experiences in Russia’s healthcare system, and as we know from the medical blackmail of Vasily Alexanyan, the government has some serious problems to address in this policy area. Alex Rodri...
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