Vladimir Putin, coughing his way through a cold, made his annual address to the State Duma yesterday, underscoring the need to clear Russia’s budget deficit. It seems one of his measures for doing so is a massive hike in social securit...
TODAY: Poorly Putin makes annual address to State Duma, New Times documents Putin’s Gazprom cronies; flights from Moscow resume; Medvedev orders military to protect Russians in Kyrgyzstan, Georgia charges Russian tanker, volatile states call...
So Oleg Deripaska of Rusal is getting a breathtaking $62 million bonus for bringing the company to an initial public offer. But don’t worry, he says he is planning on donating two-thirds of it to his own charity, which still leaves him...
TODAY: Russia-US adoptions freeze could continue for months; court to uphold ban on jury trials for terrorists; Uzbek President meets with Medvedev; Kyrgyzstan dealing with riots; United Russia conferences show ’empty rhetoric’, Prokho...
Author’s intro: President Dmitry Medvedev recently sent a package of amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure to the State Duma. The amendments, as was announced, are aimed at the humanization of punishments f...
TODAY: Medvedev’s appearance at Kaczynski’s funeral seen as solidarity; volcanic ash cloud could reach Russian Far East; Kyrgyz government answering to Russia? Nato wants Russia involved in missile defense; Duma passes first read...
According to Forbes today, an investment firm has chucked Russia out of its BRIC fund and replaced it with South Korea. The Economist echoes the sentiment in a piece on the viability of the BRIC grouping, arguing that Russia is the one letti...
‘Our movement knows no authority except the authority of the policies of Medvedev and Putin.‘ So says Vasily Yakemenko, the founding father of pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi, celebrating its fifth anniversary this week. The ...
TODAY: Russia suspends US adoptions after ‘monstrous deed’; security to be stepped up for Olympics after terror attacks; Kyrgyz scenario could repeat itself; OSCE welcomes Bakiyev’s resignation; BRIC summit, NATO and WTO membersh...
TODAY: Russia and US negotiating Kyrgyz interests, Russia pledges funds; New Times editor won’t hand over police probe material; Chuvashov gun used in Markelov killing? ‘Maximum harshness’ in new terror measures. Medvedev i...
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