From Richard Lourie in the Moscow Times: Oleg Mitvol, prefect for the Northern Administrative District, pressured the restaurant to change its name, himself under pressure from veterans who found the name “insulting to the history of our cou...
TODAY: Conflicting reports on Russia-EU talks; new nuclear rhetoric ahead of START expiration; real estate scams on the rise; young Communists suing the OSCE; Medvedev in Belgrade, wants public’s help with next address. Foreign Minister Serg...
Since it’s been banned in Venezuela, it is perhaps only fitting that Family Guy goes to Russia, in an episode tribute to Spies Like Us that actually features Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd. There really isn’t anything to add to this I don...
In case you missed it, there was a fascinating article from Clifford J. Levy in Saturday’s New York Times, outlining United Russia’s new desire to glean strategic hints from the Chinese Communist Party. As the article acknow...
Rumors abound that Russian oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov (of Onexim and Norilsk Nickel fame) is planning to buy a large stake in America’s National Basketball Association. But with the hazy state of Russian bank records, coupled with the ...
Since once of its clients was investigated by the Russian authorities in June 2007, Hermitage Capital Management has been mounting a concerted effort to bring perpetrators of fraud in high government positions to justice (more about the campaign a...
In a case brought to light by Hermitage Capital Management’s campaign to expose state corruption in Russia, Viktor Markelov has pleaded guilty to ‘fraud by prior collusion by a group of persons and in an especially large amount‘ ...
TODAY: Russia emulating Chinese Communist Party? Protesters march against disputed election results in Tver; last two private television channels to come under state control. Moscow residents celebrate new ad restrictions, Northeast Passage,...
Kafkaesque. The former Russian oil tycoon, who stood up to Putin, is back before his judges. Here is the story. [The following is a translation of an article published in the French publication Le Point.] Le Point, October 15, 2009 Accused Khodork...
Everybody has probably already heard about the first exercises of the CSTO rapid reaction force in Kazakhstan today, where President Dmitry Medvedev wanted to make sure he was the most well dressed autocrat to show up to the party. I do ofte...
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