TODAY: Lebedev raid; Medvedev will return to the Kuril Islands, says Lavrov; ties with Norway on the mend; bomb at Athens’ Russia Embassy? Census, Soviets, NATO meeting today. Sobyanin continues shuffling; Lake Baikal; Medvedev a...
As many readers are well aware, today Mikhail Khodorkovsky delivered his final comments at the last sessions of his second show trial, marking the very last words we will likely hear from him for quite some time. The verdict, a foregone conc...
Just a week ago, the well known media owner Alexander Lebedev was launching new publications in the UK (at a moment when few others are supporting print media), releasing high-minded missives across YouTube denouncing Russian corruption, and lobby...
TODAY: Japan row escalates, ambassador recalled; spotlight on WikiLeaks; survey on living conditions; Left Front leader fined; Khodorkovsky and St Petersburg supporters call trial ‘lawless’; North Caucasus churches burned; occult heale...
Back during all of the hullabaloo over Yuri Luzhkov’s ouster, a number of voices were speculating that one of the reasons he fell below political redemption was that he had attempted to “drive a wedge” between Vladimir Putin and ...
President Dmitry Medvedev’s decision to visit Kunashir Island, the closest of the disputed Southern Kuril Islands to Japan, has caused a significant deterioration in relations between the two countries, coming only shortly after the dispute ...
Back when Vladimir Putin was put on the cover of Time Magazine, we generally interpreted the publicity as positive despite deep disagreements with his politics. In general, it’s good to see Russians on the covers of American magazines,...
TODAY: Strategy 31 protest draws 800-2,000 supporters, some unsanctioned protesters arrested; diplomatic rows with Japan and Afghanistan over Kurils visit and drugs bust; Sobyanin makes surprise visits to Moscow districts; Putin promise on nationa...
From Alexander Kliment of Eurasia Group: Then there are those Russian officials who use the word modernization to promote any major state spending projects that will line their pockets. This is the kind of modernization favored by many of Russia&#...
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