TODAY: British Council row escalates, visa sanctions imposed; United Russia officials dismissed over “financial machinations”; new Berezovsky lawsuit; US and Russia to run joint anti-terror exercise; difficulties faced by Russian journalists and a...
This one from Alexei Pankin in the Moscow Times: “The presidential election was held in Georgia, which, in my opinion, was a major gift for the Russian authorities. Against the backdrop of the enormous scandal that surfaced there, the Kremli...
A smart person won’t climb the mountain… By Grigory Pasko, journalist The complete text of the ancient Russian saying cited in the title of this essay reads thus: A smart person won’t climb the mountain; a smart person will go around the mou...
Here’s an interesting translation of some news from Vedomosti about the upcoming second show trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, which due to some unexpected changes and willful delays by the Investigation Committee, could take place right during...
On Saturday night the National Book Critics Circle announced the nomination of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya for the 2007 award for best autobiography for her posthumous collection of journals “Russian Diary: A Journalist’...
The Sukhoi Superjet, upon which the future of Russia’s role in civil aviation rests, was given a boost today as Vladimir Putin signed a decree approving the purchase by Italian aeronautical firm Alenia of a 25% stake in Sukhoi’s civil ...
[I am pleased to announce that my friend and colleague, the esteemed British lawyer Anthony Julius, has agreed to author a short series of book reviews to be published exclusively on this blog. I have a tremendous amount of respect for Anthony and...
RUSSIAN FESTIVALYesterday the fourth annual Russia Festival of Winter took place in Trafalgar Square in London, bringing together thousands of dancers and performers, supermodel presenters, footballer Alexey Smertin, pop star Dima Bilan, and plent...
We linked to this one from the Moscow Times in our News Blast today, but I think the story is one to follow closely. Reporting on the opening of the Russian government-sponsored “Institute of Democracy and Cooperation”, journalist Alex...
Oh, well I suppose this is a “reassuring sign” from the London-Moscow dispute over the allegedly “illegal” operations of the British Council in Russia. The Guardian quotes James Kennedy, who heads up the St. Petersburg offi...
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