Russia

March 14, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 14, 2011

TODAY: United Russia wins regional elections as opposition complains about dirty tactics; Russia to help Japan with energy supplies; Putin’s visa-free US travel suggestion was also made by Medvedev days earlier, says the Kremlin; Shavenkova ...
March 11, 2011

Gordon Brown on Anna Politkovskaya

It’s nice to see this piece in The Independent today from Gordon Brown remembering Anna Politkovskaya.  I’m trying to figure out the timing of this move, given that it is not the anniversary of Anna’s death, and given also t...
March 11, 2011

Gordon Brown on Anna Politkovskaya

It’s nice to see this piece in The Independent today from Gordon Brown remembering Anna Politkovskaya.  I’m trying to figure out the timing of this move, given that it is not the anniversary of Anna’s death, and given also t...
March 11, 2011

The Backwards Oil Boom

$76.50 of the $113 paid for Urals crude at the moment goes to the Russian treasury, says Will Englund in the Washington Post, in a piece that addresses the boons and pitfalls of the current oil price spike.  The current price is slowing globa...
March 11, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 11, 2011

TODAY: Biden lukewarm on abolishing visas; Nemtsov and Alexeyeva praise Biden’s attention to rights and democracy issues; missile defense; regional elections to be held on Sunday; growing number of Russian claims filed with EU Court of Human...
March 11, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 11, 2011

TODAY: Biden lukewarm on abolishing visas; Nemtsov and Alexeyeva praise Biden’s attention to rights and democracy issues; missile defense; regional elections to be held on Sunday; growing number of Russian claims filed with EU Court of Human...
March 10, 2011

Biden’s Blind Eye

US Vice President Joe Biden’s praise of President Dmitry Medvedev for his ‘personal leadership‘ really makes it look as though a new leaf has been turned over in the book of US-Russia relations.  Biden’s words, of...
March 10, 2011

Biden’s Blind Eye

US Vice President Joe Biden’s praise of President Dmitry Medvedev for his ‘personal leadership‘ really makes it look as though a new leaf has been turned over in the book of US-Russia relations.  Biden’s words, of...
March 10, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 10, 2011

TODAY: Biden in Moscow for continuing ‘reset’ talks, praises Medvedev’s ‘personal leadership’, Putin wants visa-free US-Russia travel; Egiazaryan may seek US asylum; Putin charity concert scandal continues; ...
March 10, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 10, 2011

TODAY: Biden in Moscow for continuing ‘reset’ talks, praises Medvedev’s ‘personal leadership’, Putin wants visa-free US-Russia travel; Egiazaryan may seek US asylum; Putin charity concert scandal continues; ...