Robert Amsterdam

TODAY: Russian reluctance on troops to Krygyzstan; UN urges a hold on violence; Medvedev launches submarine, plans major military spending; US says no clandestine deals over START.  Nemtsov report condemns Putin in scathing report; anti-draft...

Writing in the Weekly Standard, Leon Aron of AEI comments on the changing profile of Russian protesters. On April 3, Professor Evgeny Gontmakher, a leading figure at the Institute of Contemporary Development, the think-tank rumored to be favored b...