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December 11, 2007

Strategic Studies Institute on Russia’s Security Policy

Click here to read a pair of analytical papers prepared from the Strategic Studies Institute by R. Craig Nation and Dmitri Trenin about Russian and American perceptions of regional security policy. Below is an excerpt of the introduction:
December 11, 2007

Gazprom and Shell Land Massive Energy Deal in Libya

Best known for his flamboyant all-female bodyguard corps and newly discovered sense of regret over the Lockerbie Pan Am bombing, now General Muammar al-Gadhafi can add “global energy player” to his resume. This weekend it was announced...
December 11, 2007

Excerpts from an Interview with Dmitri Medvedev

The New York Times has compiled a selection of excerpts from an interview held by Dmitri Medvedev, Vladimir Putin’s personally approved successor, with a group of foreign journalists last month. He spoke on state-owned corporations, Kremlin ...
December 11, 2007

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Dec. 11, 2007

Today: The world press gives its opinions on Dmitri Medvedev; excerpts from comments made by Medvedev at the World Economic Forum earlier this year; Russia will create an atomic power giant, Atomenergoprom, which is to be the nuclear equivalent of...
December 10, 2007

Medvedev and Rock and Roll

First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who Vladimir Putin is now backing in his run for the presidency, is a rock and roll aficionado. From RIA Novosti: In a recent interview with the Russian magazine Itogi, Medvedev revealed his passion for...
December 10, 2007

Grigory Pasko: The Vyborg Hearings on Nord Stream, Part 3

[Our correspondent in Russia recently discovered that the border town of Vyborg near St. Petersburg was going to hold discreet (practically secret) public hearings on Gazprom’s mega-project, the Nord Stream pipeline, to discuss the social an...
December 10, 2007

Human Rights Day 2007

Today is recognized by the United Nations as Human Rights Day, beginning a year long celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A large event was held Geneva today to inaugurate this observance, featuring spe...
December 10, 2007

Premature Contractualization

With regard to the news I posted earlier about Algeria’s crumbling deal with Gazprom, I wanted make note of some additional thoughts. In many respects, it really doesn’t matter that much to the Kremlin whether or not they are able to e...