In her latest piece, Katinka Barysch of the Centre for European Reform, whose articles on Russia’s energy politics we’ve blogged about on many occasions in the past, examines Russia’s role in the former Soviet region. Here’...
Following the US Senate talks today on the New START treaty, the level of inter- as well as intra-party polarization on the proposed pact becomes ever more apparent. Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle argues that a failure to ratify the treaty w...
TODAY: City Hall’s education department could face fraud charges; Foreign Ministry defends Fedotov appointment; Medvedev on state media; Yabloko opposes Romanov memorials, Other Russia proposes new capital; heat wave causing power shortages;...
I’ve been getting a real kick out of this “Russian Untouchables” video series put out by Sergei Magnitsky’s legal team – not so much on the facts of the case, which most people around here are already familiar with, b...
Here’s an excerpt from the latest press release from the Browder camp, continuing to ask inconvenient questions about the death of Sergei Magnitsky: Jamison Firestone, an American lawyer, has pledged to carry on the fight with Russian corrup...
Some interesting statistics in the Moscow Times: 82 percent of Russians say police officers are ready to break the law, according to a state-run polling agency. And 32 percent say officers regularly commit crimes. Funnily enough, the Interior Mini...
In his unrelenting push to shape Russia into the global superpower the Soviet Union once was, Putin plans a massive investment in the space industry. The Russian PM announced today Moscow would spend $810 million to kick off the construction of th...
Slammed by rights activists, a Russian court’s decision last week to fine two curators for organizing a provocative art exhibit earns harsh criticism in today’s editorial in the International Herald Tribune: If anyone has lingering dou...
TODAY: Opposition criticizes new bill on grounds that it would revive Soviet-era intimidation, Sochi residents stage environmental protest, Khimki forest activists threatened; broody Russians; Bashkortostan gets new leader; Moscow Grand ...
In an interview with RFE/RL, Oleg Kalugin, former head of overseas KGB operations, scoffs at the recent spy scandal: Honestly, it made me laugh. It all seemed so laughable — an intelligence farce. Financing 10 or 12 people who had no direct ...
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