Remember those halcyon days – like last Thursday – back when lots of people thought that the United States and Russia were on the brink of diplomatic breakthrough? The Obama administration appeared perfectly willing to ditch the Polish...
Reuters is reporting that the Russian authorities are cutting down on the number of CEOs allowed to join the parallel business summit, and are planning on moving it from a luxury hotel to inside the Kremlin to keep tighter control. That just...
We often hear from U.S. observers all about the mutual interests that Washington and the Kremlin share in curbing Iran’s march toward nuclear proliferation and other indications of growing hostility, yet it’s funny how we usually see n...
Is it a mistake for President Barack Obama to only meet with President Dmitry Medvedev? Andrew Kuchins thinks so. From the Moscow Times: There should be no illusions about where ultimate decision-making authority in Russia resides toda...
The following is an English translation of an interview with Mikhail Khodorkovsky in the Italian magazine L’Espresso: My life in a gulag Talks with Mikhail Khodorkovsky by Gigi Riva The political and economic interests behind his case....
TODAY: Obama taxes Putin with living in the past; Pepsi’s role in Cold War thaw; reserve currency may be discussed at Putin-Obama meeting; is Medvedev really the host?; Chechens suspected in Klebnikov murder on wanted list Barack Obama has v...
I just couldn’t resist the alliteration temptation. What we’re looking at here is the broader directions that should result from next week’s Obama-Medvedev powwow. Former U.S. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski offers ...
Polls show that Russia is one of the nations whose citizens are least interested in Barack Obama, and pessimistic that his leadership will head toward positive changes in international relations. That means that if Obama were hoping to survi...
Stephen Blank has an interesting new article on Forbes in which he assesses the economic damage being caused by Russia’s inability to effectively reduce legal nihilism and corruption, both of which are dragging on the country’s attempt...
President Dmitry Medvedev is actually saying pretty warm things ahead of the summit, but our friends over at the Economist couldn’t resist themselves. I’ve seen worse.
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