We’ve been enjoying reading Dmitry Medvedev’s article today, which although entitled “Go Russia!” is actually much more pessimistic in tone. I like to see a well earned place for cynicism in politics, and in the case ...
Twenty years ago the Berlin Wall came down, radically and suddenly changing the trajectory of Russian history. There’s been a flurry of reminiscing in the media, but this one from Michael Binyon in the Times of London is especially int...
TODAY: Medvedev enumerates grave problems Russia faces; Chavez recognizes South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Russia and Venezuela draw closer. Lavrov feels negotiations with Iran workable; opposition in Moscow feels squeezed out. EU commissio...
These news clip from Reuters is few days old, but still very interesting – especially with the recent emergence of Joaquim Crima and Filipp Kondratyev (who appears to be more stage managed by United Russia to handle the Crima sensation).&nbs...
The New York Times is carrying a story on a new poll from Transatlantic Trends, which shows a split in support for Barack Obama between West and East Europe (some people are missing his predecessor’s more aggressive stance toward Russia). Du...
So when Scott Anderson wrote his investigative article for GQ on the alleged government frame up and subsequent cover up of the 1999 Moscow apartment bombings, we were taken back to all the gritty details from Alexander Litvinenko’s book, Mi...
TODAY: Chavez in town for oil and arms; transatlantic trend report reveals East/West Europe divisions on Obama policy in Russia; journalist critical of dam rescue operation beaten; Gulag Archipelago to hit reading list; Georgia says boycott Sochi ...
Right, so here goes a weird one. Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s book The Gulag Archipelago will be made required reading for school children: According to the state-run news agency RIA Novosti, the Education Ministry on Wednesday ordered tha...
Very intriguing news brief from Reuters, as the cops in Minsk find themselves stamping out anti-Russia protests: Thousands of Russian soldiers have started to arrive in Belarus for joint exercises that will continue until Sept. 29. Riot police mov...
TODAY: Drug use nightmare for Russia; Medvedev calls for US support. START talks to restart; tanks for Chavez. Possible loan to Ukraine whilst relations remain chilly. Black September anniversary; Scott Anderson interview. ...
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