In reference to the United Russia rally which I blogged about below, here’s an interesting bit of news: in attendance was one Mr. Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov, the 88-year-old designer of Russia’s third most popular export after oi...
There are times when it can be an interesting exercise to examine the statements of politicians and try to separate what they actually believe from what they just say in order to get things done. In the case of Vladimir Putin, we had all better ho...
In the new issue of Condé Nast Portfolio, there’s a great extended feature and photo slideshow about Vladimir Putin’s ambitions with the energy reserves of Sakhalin Island, which have brought outstanding prosperity to some islanders wh...
The discovery of more gas in Azerbaijan could be good news for the Nabucco project. But an agreement between OMV and Gazprom makes it irrelevant By Derek Brower THE BUREAUCRATS must be scratching their heads. Having long-trumpeted the Nabucco pipe...
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin stands before a meeting at the presidential residence in Novo-Ogaryovo, outside Moscow in this April 2007 (File photo. REUTERS/ITAR-TASS/PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE) The Supreme Court has rejected a request f...
File this piece of news under WTF: The Russian government’s English-language overseas news network, Russia Today, wants you to make them your preferred source for cable and satellite news. So they recruited a new mascot for their advertiseme...
We’ve been carefully following the story of Sergei Storchak’s arrest and the alleged campaign to undermine Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin. We are fortunate to have just received “hot off the press” an exclusive analytical d...
Dr. Yevgeny Volk writes the following in his article “Who’s Who in Russia’s Parliamentary Elections“: Under the electoral code, every State Duma aspirant must declare his or her income and holdings. United Russia candidates...
Here’s an interesting one from a WSJ blog: “In 1941, the British Secret Service asked the game’s British licensee John Waddington Ltd. to add secret extras to some sets, which had become standard elements of the aid packages that the R...
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