We’ve heard in the past about Russia’s efforts to re-treaty the past, taking advantage of the new oil-and-gas fed leverage by scrapping previous arms and defense agreements with the West, and seeking to establish a new position in glob...
During his last visit to Canada, Robert Amsterdam was interviewed twice on the radio by Dave Rutherford. Click the links below to listen. CHQR in Calgary 770 AM – Jan 29, 2008 CHED in Edmonton 630 AM – Jan 31, 2008
There’s an interesting FT piece today about the European reactions to Super Tuesday. Apparently the Germans love Obama but are concerned about McCain, as they believe he would take a tougher line on Russia than Berlin is comfortable with. Tu...
Robert Kagan of the Washington Post wonders if Europe is able to “bring a knife to a knife-fight” to deal with a “rich and resentful” old Russia: Russia and the European Union are neighbors geographically. But geopoliticall...
What follows is a statement of support of former Yukos executive Vasily Alexanyan (Alexanian, Aleksanyan), who is being illegally denied urgent medical treatment in exchange for false testimony, signed by some of Russia’s most preeminent hum...
Oil giant BP is cutting 5,000 jobs following a year that its chief executive said he “will be glad to leave behind”. The company’s talks with Gazprom over the Kovykya gas field have been stalled, meanwhile, “because it’s Russia, ...
Non-profit state-run nanotechnology corporation Rosnanotekh, created last year, has announced its business plans for the year. In the first quarter of 2008, Russian banks and companies will pay foreign creditors $35 billion, including $4.7 billion...
TODAY: Two political opponents of the Kremlin associated with Kasparov are harassed, one receives asylum, another is held in a psychiatric ward. Aleksanyan will not be released from jail for treatment. US worried that Russia could use financial cl...
Following Robert Amsterdam’s speech at the Economic Club of Toronto last week, there has been some significant media coverage (see the CBC segment regarding Petro-Canada and Gazprom). One of the more extensive pieces covering the speech was ...
This is actually an old gag, dug up for kicks on Super Tuesday. Daily Kos nailed this last summer, and even ran a poll over which one looked better. At the time of writing, Obama was winning with 64% over 36% for Vlad.
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