Facing Up?
Two interesting points from a comment piece from Anders Aslund in today’s Moscow Times. First, that the issue of ‘legal nihilism’ is at least as important as Russia’s need to stabilize its economy: Right now, the prim...
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Putin’s Fury Over EU-Ukraine Deal
Poor Ukraine. Vladimir Putin is having a veritable field day with the former Soviet state’s run of bad luck. Last week he magnanimously announced that Russia would generously leave off bankrupting its neighbor with fines for brea...
RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 24, 2009
TODAY: Sochi opposition candidate splashed with ammonia, blames government; Medvedev says Sochi funding will not be cut; Obama met with Gorbachev; Russia should unite with US against Iran?; Georgia opposition funding row.The Other Russia says that...
Video: The Attractions of Risk – Investing in Georgia
Does investing in Russia seem a little too stable and boring these days for you? Georgia is for those who really want to live on the edge.
RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 23rd, 2009
TODAY: Murmansk mayor leaves his post over rumors of Kremlin clampdown; Lavrov calls NATO dealings in former Soviet states ‘unfair’; Poland says missile agreement was a risk; Shuvalov doubtful over G20; Russia trying to win back ex-pat...
Rule of Lawlessness
A great story on one of Russia’s greatest lawyers, Stanislav Markelov, on the front page of the Wall Street Journal today. In Russia, lawyers who defend the weak can find themselves on the firing line. Mr. Markelov’s murder contrasts s...
The Mistakes of the “Reset Button”
From the Financial Times: Mr McCain was equally emollient on Mr Obama’s soft-pedalling approach to Russia, in spite of bouts of near cold war rhetoric during the campaign (“We are all Georgians now”). This month, Hillary Clinton,...
“Is the ice cream as tasteless as the ad?”
Russia’s worsening problems of hate crime and racially-motivated killings have been well-documented in recent weeks. Which makes this story all the more depressing. A new Obama-themed ice-cream advertisement – of dubious ta...
In Russia’s Pocket
It looks like the EU is going to need all the help it can get in the way of energy security, if new reports from Ukraine’s RosUkrEnergo are anything to go by. The company has just announced that Ukraine’s worsening financial cris...
RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 20th, 2009
TODAY: Divided voices on US-Russia relations; Ukraine to seek $5 billion loan from Russia; Belarusian president leaning on Russia; visa rules to be eased for skilled workers; Moscow holds its biggest ever contemporary art exhibition.A Republican s...
