As Grigory Pasko has written on this blog, in Russia only the past is unpredictable. Here Karina Korostelina from the Kennan Institute reviews a book about the role of history education in Russia and Ukraine. Korostelina analyzed the three g...
Some of the most entertaining news coming out of Russia these days has to do with the mayoral election in Sochi – a job which could land one lucky competitor the task of doling out billions of dollars in preparation for the Winter Olympics.&...
In the past we’ve blogged about the composer Arvo Pärt dedicating a symphony to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and given the second show trial, he has spoken out again in his defense. Below is a follow up from Helsingin Sanomat: “He is a ...
An article by Sergei Balashov over at Russia Profile finds it suspicious that the Kremlin only paroled Svetlana Bakhmin instead of granting her pardon … meaning that perhaps there are a few more tricks left up their sleeves to continue this ...
«Grigory, you’re not right!» A representative of the company Nord Stream reacts to an article on the blog Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. On 23 April in the port of Sl...
First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, anointed by some as Russia’s “oil czar”, has traveled to China to sign the final papers on what he calls an “unprecedented” 20 year oil deal (though some people believe that th...
Paul Goble blogs today about comments made by Irina Pavlova and others regarding the willingness of the West to buy into the idea of rapprochement, while others think that government policy is taking yet another step back toward Stalinism. But ins...
The second show trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky on trumped up charges is one thing, but the worldwide legal assault on those in the Russian government who illegally stole his former company, Yukos, is an entirely different set of concerns for the ki...
The former President of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski has a new column about the political crisis in Ukraine, and what can be done to save the advances won by the Orange Revolution. Three approaches are vital in the preparation and adoption of a n...
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