There exists in Russia a tension between the strong appetite of those in government to acquire control of more and more private companies, and the realities posed by the economic crisis. As Konstantin Sonin notes in his Moscow Times column, ...
Some quotes from Andrew Osborn’s piece in the Wall Street Journal on Russia’s new history commission. “One year ago Mr. Medvedev said he preferred freedom to non-freedom,” said Alexander Cherkasov of human-rights group Memo...
Big news today from Strasbourg. The European Court on Human Rights has admitted a complaint submitted by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, meaning that the court will hear arguments from the defense that his arrest, persecution, and trial by the Russian gover...
Say what you will about the administration of justice in Russia, but the tireless innovation of government officials is beyond doubt. Recently, Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov gave an interview to Rossiyskaya Gazeta, coming up with the bri...
A Canadian defense reporter has dug a a little bit of gossip about a fight between the bodyguards of Hugo Chavez and Dmitry Medvedev last year, which may have caused Caracas to cancel its deal to buy some Russian submarines. (Hat tip to Josh...
If you read this blog, then it is highly likely that, like us, you consume massive amounts of media every day about Russia. If that’s true, than you are probably as sick as I am of seeing these clever copy editors who think they were t...
Yulia Latynina has a new column in Yezhednevny zhurnal (translated by RFE/RL) taking a look at the innovative idea of having the security officials of SVR and FSB secret police agencies put down the wiretaps for a moment in order to start studying...
Earlier today there were reports that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the immediate formation of a government commission empowered to fight back against “false history.” It remains unclear exactly what these powers ...
Today CNN is running a report entitled “Russia’s bleak picture of health” which cites some scary Eberstadt-like statistics: average male lifespan of 60 years, some 50% of 18-year-olds who won’t reach retirement age, a...
With car sales down by almost 60% this year in Russia, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is making a big push to encourage citizens to buy locally produced automobiles, such as various models of the Lada brand. To help push the message, Putin pe...
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