[This blog has closely followed the story of the FSB’s forced exile of Natalia Morari, an investigative journalist from the New Times magazine, and below we’re pleased to feature a special interview with her by our correspondent Grigor...
Beating out the stiff competition Al Gore, Hu Jintao, Barry Bonds and others, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been chosen as Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. I’ll have more commentary on this later when I finish some meetings, ...
Sean’s Russia Blog has an interesting post which argues that just one scene from the beloved film The Godfather “says more about the fabled ‘Operation Successor’ than the typical analysis spewing from the pens and mouths of...
Today: Warning on Russia’s stabilization fund; Rosprirodnadzor fines Sakhalin II project operator; Tymoshenko speaks about gas negotiations with Russia; relations improving with Greece, Poland and Iran; Foreign Ministry to release captured Japanes...
More info on the Natalia Morar case from the Committee to Protect Journalists, which put out a statement today: She said that in May she had investigated complex money-laundering schemes involving government officials who funneled large sums of mo...
Despite the billions in petro-dollars flooding into Russia from oil exports, when it comes time for the U.S. lawmakers to fight over the pork-laden appropriations bill, the Americans still find time to think about Russia. However the AP reports th...
It’s been quite a long time since ideology figured into Russian politics (as long as we’re not counting kleptocracy as a belief). However, with the selection of a successor and the move of Vladimir Putin to the office of prime minister...
The separation of church and state in Russia has been all but erased this week as Patriarch Alexy II of the Russian Orthodox Church has gone on state television for an extended special to officially bless First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvede...
Andrew Kramer at the Times digs into the Oleg Shvartsman story, and gives particular attention to Renault’s due diligence and business dealings with AvtoVaz and Sergei V. Chemezov: For big Western companies, the prevalence of former Federal ...
Today: United Russia party congress: Putin to accept premiership if Medvedev becomes president; SPS leader resigns; Russia threatens to target two proposed American bases in Europe with nuclear missiles; ArcelorMittal to move into Russia; Seversta...
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