Some people are not so impressed by Medvedev’s idea to build a Silicon Valley at Skolkovo. Vladimir Babkin, an expert at the State Duma’s committee for science and technology, says the Skolkovo-Silicon Valley analogy is flawed from the...
In early 2007 the Vladivostok newspaper Konkurent published an article under the headline “Putin and the price of the question,” which dealt with the preparations to host the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2012 forum. The ne...
Mark Medish has a thoughtful column in the International Herald Tribune which gets right at the central question being debated during this week’s visit by President Medvedev to Washington: Is Russia’s current pro-Western rhetoric...
TODAY: Sberbank head’s testimony at Khodorkovsky trial hailed a boost for Yukos founder; journalist freedoms protected by new law; damning report of North Caucasus sees United Russia acquiesce with activists; artists under attack on charges ...
The Japanese magazine Sentaku features a new article which disregards the apparent transformation of Russia under the U.S. reset policy. It would be a mistake, however, to jump to the conclusion that Moscow has abandoned its diplomacy of threat an...
EU observer has today published an article analysing reports on the 11th EU-Russia human rights consultations which took place in Brussels on 28 April. Russian reluctance to cooperate and a dearth of information on both sides seems to be the...
Writing at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Mikhail Shevelev makes the case that despite the abuses of the current Russian leadership, the leading figures of the opposition fail to inspire. Basically Shevelev argues that street protests neve...
There are many things that visitors to the St Petersburg Economic Forum may be expecting: Russia’s re-branding of itself as a safe bet for foreign investors; an appearance by Nicolas Sarkozy, power point presentations. What they may no...
TODAY: Kremlin inaction on Kyrgyzstan scrutinized as domestic military alleged to be incapable of retaining order; Poland maintains friendly position on Russia. ‘Putin: Results’ pamphlets seized; presidential immunity extended to...
France’s branch of Amnesty International is behind this video, a short, symbolic appeal against the Kremlin’s war on free speech, with a specific reference to violence against journalists. The Other Russia has the background, including...
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