Much attention this week has been focused on President Medvedev’s new law on beer. Prior to its previous incarnation as a foodstuff, beer has now officially become alcohol. As a result it will disappear from kiosks, airports and railways st...
There’s a strange thing that happens to some autocratic leaders after spending a decade or so in power … Things start getting pervy. The brutal Nigerian military dictator Sani Abachi had to leave office in a body bag when his heart fin...
There’s a strange thing that happens to some autocratic leaders after spending a decade or so in power … Things start getting pervy. The brutal Nigerian military dictator Sani Abachi had to leave office in a body bag when his heart fin...
TODAY: NGO sees holes in Magnitsky documentation; Voina artist placed on international wanted list; four detained over migalki protest. Medvedev tells police to ease up on trade union protests; policeman quits after urinating video; soldier on so...
TODAY: NGO sees holes in Magnitsky documentation; Voina artist placed on international wanted list; four detained over migalki protest. Medvedev tells police to ease up on trade union protests; policeman quits after urinating video; soldier on so...
A recent analysis from Reuters quoted several experts who suggest that Russia’s books are not as balanced as Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin would have it. With euro-contagion plaguing Europe and the US facing a looming debt problem, Russia ...
TODAY: 19 detained at Lubyanskaya Ploshchad protest; lobbyist says police negligent on child abuse; criminals make prison look fun. United Russia’s popularity waning; Mikhail Prokhorov steps up Right Cause campaign. Libya’s Foreign Mi...
TODAY: Medvedev lambasts Quadriga Prize organizers over Putin volte-face; hints at return to presidency? Journalists rally in Moscow in solidarity with photojournalists accused of espionage; police salaries to triple. Medvedev warns against parti...
TODAY: Medvedev lambasts Quadriga Prize organizers over Putin volte-face; hints at return to presidency? Journalists rally in Moscow in solidarity with photojournalists accused of espionage; police salaries to triple. Medvedev warns against parti...
Germany’s Angela Merkel and President Dmitry Medvedev met in Hanover today to discuss strengthening trade ties and energy cooperation. Since Germany decided to phase out nuclear energy by 2022, Russia has looked happily poised to fill the g...
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