Extremely few people, even Moscow’s strongest supporters and defenders in the West, would attempt to argue that yesterday’s elections were remotely legitimate. Even the leadership seems satisfied to absorb the criticism of the deeply f...
Speaking two days before the deadline set by Gazprom, Yulia Tymoshenko said she was certain that “there will be no cutoff of gas […] no one is going to cut off anything.” But a deal has not yet been reached, and it was announced today that G...
Barclays has unveiled a $745 million deal to buy Expobank, a retail and commercial bank concentrated in Moscow and St Petersburg, saying it planned to rebrand the company over time. Russia has been “hoarding gold”, and together with Qatari demands...
TODAY: “Boring” and “stage-managed” elections see landslide for Medvedev. Other Russia to protest today. Russia and China re-evaluating arms trade, UK Prime Minister to offer Russia a “fresh start”. Barroso fears economic Cold War. The elections w...
I have just spoken by telephone with my good friend and leading Russian human rights advocate Lev Ponomarev, founder of the All-Russia Movement «For human rights» (see my earlier interview and translation). As you have probably heard, Lev has been...
As we have already covered the outcome of Russia’s presidential elections a day before they were held, we are dedicating the day to human rights leader, colleague and friend, Lev Ponomarev, whose efforts to raise awareness about torture and ...
Following the reinstatement of our Lev Ponomarev video posted on YouTube after certain members of the community conspired to have it removed, the Russian press has reacted. The following exclusive translation come from News.ru: Video confirms huma...
Last night I read a very interesting translation by Lyndon Allin of a censored article originally drafted for publication in Bolshoi Gorod, describing the author’s personal disenchantment with his great country’s diminishing freedoms i...
I’m proud to report that this blog is the very first source to report the results of Russia’s 2008 presidential election a full day before the polls even open. The victor of this heated contest: Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev, t...
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