And here is what the National Post wrote about it: “Remarkably, that didn’t make much of a difference. When it was all over, Russia ended up with a czar. Vladimir Putin, the 21st-century czar, may be nicer than Stalin or Czar Alexander...
Carrying posters reading “Stop Soviet Imperialism” and “Putin – Out of Bulgaria,” hundreds of Bulgarians have protested against Russia’s energy policy, which they fear will make their country completely dependen...
Seventh Continent, Moscow’s largest grocery chain, said its revenues had jumped by 32% year-on-year. Despite news that local government have suspended the investment agreement, Finland’s Ruukki will proceed with its plan to build a $1....
TODAY: British Council offices are shut, and accusing of covering up spying operations. Kasyanov says his efforts to run for president are being thwarted. Mitvol’s resignation rejected. Kasparov condemns delay of investigation into activist’s deat...
Below is the long awaited second half of Grigory Pasko’s interview with Oborona youth movement leader Oleg Kozlovsky as part of his “Faces of the Opposition” video series. The first installment can be seen here or on our YouTube ...
A reader alerted me to an interesting op/ed in the Times of London by Martin Ivens who writes that “The temptation for Gordon Brown and his colleagues is to say that the business of the West is business and to forget human rights and forget ...
This bit comes from Zygmunt Dzieciolowski at OpenDemocracy: Alexei Levinson is a highly respected sociologist from Moscow’s Levada Centre, who has studied Russian society for decades. He is concerned by the gradual elimination of democratic ...
I am beginning to believe that the world is finally starting to pay attention to the horribly cruel treatment of Yukos political prisoners in Russia, but it wasn’t until the prosecutors have nearly murdered a man that we all wake up. Back on...
Below is an exclusive translation of an important article from the German press by British law professor Alan Riley about how Gazprom is putting its money in the wrong places – thus threatening their own ability to fulfill supply contracts t...
Russia has delivered its third fuel shipment to the Bushehr nuclear power plant it is building in southern Iran. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend six-nation talks in Berlin aimed at solving the international dispute around Iran&#...
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