Click here to jump over to France24 to see a video clip of a panel discussion on Russia surrounding the summit between Nicolas Sarkozy and Dmitry Medvedev featuring Robert Amsterdam and others.
Writing in The Telegraph, Andrew Osborn quotes several sources who note the “sunny” and “cheerful” disposition of President Dmitry Medvedev, underscored by a lack of results (notably the fact that the lawyer for the YouTube...
TODAY: Medvedev abolishes science and education agencies; holiday protests; Major Alexei Dymovsky released from custody; Russians favour United Russia; FSS confirms death of North Caucasus militant; Yanukovych promises to improve relations with Ru...
At the same time as the two presidential couples – the French and the Russian – were attending an exhibition in the Louvre with the pompous name «Rus’ the holy», another exhibition was opening in a private gallery not too far fro...
The cover story on this week’s International Edition of Newsweek features Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, with the unflattering headline “Moscow’s Phony Liberal.” I had already Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova’...
Today is the 57th anniversary of the death of Josef Stalin, and the Communists and other nationalists are lining up to lay flowers at his grave on the Kremlin wall and bandy about other paraphernalia to sing his praises. Naturally, many of t...
So everybody is talking about this $1 million challenge posted by Russian Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin on his Twitter for someone to “prove that NATO is not pursuing military planning against Russia.” Don’t bother trying to wi...
TODAY: Kaliningrad protesters to form coalition; Yukos case will keep its representative, Kremlin claims improper filing; US returns Russian silver pendant; Olympic Committee head confirms resignation; LUKoil crash continues to create problems; No...
Only in Ingushetia would the cop who “accidentally” shot and killed a journalist who was being held under arrest share his victim’s last name without relation, and only in the Russian justice system would such a person be let out...
The following is a letter sent from T.J. Gorton to the London Review of Books in response to the Keith Gessen book review of Richard Sakwa’s work on the downfall of Yukos and imprisonment of Mikhail Khodorkovksy. Very compelling readin...
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
