Video: Gorbachev Criticizes Putin’s Presidential Presumption
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RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – September 25, 2009
TODAY: Medvedev hints at a job swap but remains vague on 2012 election; suggests Iran sanctions as last resort; Saakashvili hopes to see Abkhazia return; new Moldova leadership to encourage Russia to remove soldiers from Transdnestr; historic mome...
“Do Not Awaken the Partisans of Belarus, Mr. Medvedev”
The following is an exclusive translation from Lenta.ru of an article which takes a look at some elements of the opposition in Belarus which is furious over the introduction of Russian troops into the country for training exercises. Some pro...
Kadyrov vs. the CIA
Right when Dmitry Medvedev probably feels like he is riding high, earning the first major concession from the United States toward Russia in more than a decade with the withdrawal of the missile plan, acting the role of a democrat president at the...
Video: Medvedev at the UNGA
You can read the full text of the address here. Lots of attention to the economy, loop feedback on the Putin call for new architectures for Russia to have more power, and some interesting framing of the war in Georgia. With regard to t...
Italian Parliament in Support of Mikhail Khodorkovsky
The following is a press release being distributed today on behalf of the Mikhail Khodorkovsky defense team: OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF ITALIAN PARLIAMENT VOTE TO SUPPORT MIKHAIL KHORDOKOVSKY Rome, September 23, 2009 – The Italian parliament t...
RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – September 24, 2009
TODAY: Russia relenting on Iran sanctions; calls missile defense decision constructive; arms reductions talks are apparently progressing apace; Medvedev urges for Middle East arms cuts too. Island cooperation for Japan and Russia; Georgia un...
The Kitchen Sink Approach to Engaging Russia
In this piece from Michael Allen’s Democracy Digest, it’s hard to think what or who he left out … a real parade of names and ideas from the Kremlin critic community. The ruling elite’s “schizophrenic behavior” r...
Obama’s Homage to Lewis Carroll
For years I have enjoyed Mark Helprin’s novels – “Winter’s Tale” is specifically quite good. What many may not have known is that Helprin is a pretty prolific and uncompromising political opinion writer – ...
Russians Protest Missile Cancellation as “Cunning Trick”
Just how low can the trust get between two countries? I just came across the image below from AP Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky which shows Russian protesters wearing Obama and Hillary masks, spraying flowers with poison – as they consider t...
