Obama in “Rashsha”
The word “Rashsha” is a common way of poking fun at the mispronounciation of the country’s name by English-speaking foreigners, similar to writing “Amerika” with a “k” for a foreign effect. It didn&#...
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Video: The Five-Year-Old Journalist Murder
Raiding Sibir
Today the Associated Press is reporting that the Russian security services have raided the offices of the legally troubled company Sibir Energy. Earlier this spring we saw Gazprom begin to pull some moves on Sibir that were very similar to i...
Russia’s Youth Gives Obama an Icy Reception
We had heard some warnings that Obama’s brand of flattering speeches would find a rare cold audience in Russia – polls indicated that more Russian people held a negative or indifferent opinion about the new president than almost anywhe...
Forbes Hasn’t Forgotten Klebnikov
In light of Barack Obama’s visit to Russia, Forbes is publishing a number of new articles as part of a special report to remind everybody that the murder of their former employee, Paul Klebnikov, remains unsolved and politically stalled.&nbs...
RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – July 8, 2009
TODAY: Obama says trade comes with rule of law; criticizes Russia’s idea of being neighborly; Russians indifferent to the visit?; ‘less than what we wanted’ say opposition leaders; Klebnikov case to be reinvestigated In ObamaR...
Grigory Pasko: Invasion of the Lawyers
Not long before U.S. President Barack Obama landed in Moscow, President Dmitry Medvedev commented to the press on the Mikhail Khodorkovsky case: “If one speaks of the pardoning of anyone at all, of Khodorkovsky, of other persons, then this p...
Legal Nihilism and William Browder
William Browder of Hermitage Capital was once one of Russia’s most enthusiastic supporters for foreign investment. He was also an advocate for stronger corporate governance, shareholder and property rights, and transparency. Unfo...
Khodorkovsky: Russia is Fit for Democracy
Today the Moscow Times has published an opinion article authored by Mikhail Khodorkovsky: On the chance that somebody has forgotten, I will remind them that Russians have also sacrificed their share of blood at different points in history in defen...
Video: Obama’s Speech to Russia
The full text can also be read here. Among the highlights were these: “Competitive elections allow us to change course and hold our leaders accountable. If our democracy did not advance those rights, I – as a person of Afri...