TODAY: Russia and NATO hold first military talks since Georgia incursion; differences remain; OSCE skeptical about security proposals; issues emerge for imminent Obama visit; the Romanovs return NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has sai...
I see that Anders Aslund from the Peterson Institute née IIE is defending Latvia’s currency peg again, this time in the Moscow Times. Given the dearth of such defenders among the conventional economics wisdom crowd, and considering Russia...
Уважаемый Михаил Борисович! Примите наши самые искренние поздравления по случаю Вашего дня рождения. Несмотря на те условия, в которых Вы сейчас находитесь, мы от всего сердца желаем Вам крепкого здоровья, душевного покоя и семейного согласия. Роб...
In attempting to get somewhat closer to understanding what on earth could possibly be going on inside the head of Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s last dictator, RFE/RL interviews two analysts, Uladzimir Padhol and Leonid...
Robert Amsterdam was interviewed on the Lionel Show on Air America, discussing the Iran-Venezuela link, Eligio Cedeño and the new white paper, as well as some discussion about Russia:
The World Bank has a new report out with a pretty gloomy outlook on the Russian economy, as though the political burden weren’t already heavy enough on Alexei Kudrin’s shoulders. Moscow may be attempting to build a “new glo...
If you haven’t spent a whole evening in Moscow whiling away the hours and talking with friends over a bottle of fine vodka, then you haven’t yet had a real Russian experience. Unfortunately beyond the stereotypes, boisterous cele...
From Interfax: Russia’s ex-prime minister and leader of the Russian People’s Democratic Union Mikhail Kasyanov has claimed he is ready to appear as a witness in the trial of former head of the defunct oil company Yukos Mikhail Khodorko...
Everybody’s been reading all the exciting news of President Medvedev’s trip to Nigeria, and all the seemingly big energy deals he’s been signing (we’ll have more commentary on that later). But I would respectfully point out...
TODAY: Politkovskaya suspects to be retried; NATO claims to be no rival to Russia; Medvedev says START negotiations still ongoing; extent of alcohol abuse deaths sends shockwaves; Duma speaker superhero Russia has announced that the three men who ...
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