As many readers are well aware, yesterday Judge Viktor Danilkin of the Khamovniki District Court in Moscow concluded pre-trial hearings against the political prisoner Mikhail Khodorkovsky by rejecting all appeal motions brought by the defense to s...
Economy begins to crumble. Population becomes dissatisfied with leadership in light of crumbling economy. Independent candidates win regional mayoral elections, reflecting shift of public opinion against leadership. Leadership ch...
The Russian Venture Company, initially created to finance technology startups and to spur investment and innovation within Russia, stands accused of using its funds instead for overseas investment. The Prosecutor General’s Office estim...
TODAY: Duma to consider extending powers to dismiss regional mayors; United Russia loses mayoral race in Murmansk; Russia’s missile contract with Iran; how does arms reduction fit with Russia’s plan to modernize? Khodorkovksy trial dat...
The primary advantage of the Nabucco pipeline (see map, right, taken from The Economist) has long been considered its bypassing of Russia. Following the January nightmare when Russia cut off gas supplies to Ukraine and much of Europe, new in...
Reuters reports today on a government plan to remove Valery Okulov from his CEO post at Aeroflot, the company which he previously described as ‘my life‘. Investors worry that the move will damage the airline’s management, a...
VOA reports on the worsening security situation for migrant workers in Russia with the pressures of the global economic crisis. But even before the global crisis hit, an opinion poll by the Russian Public Research Center, last June, found more tha...
Yes, that blond guy on the left in the tourist disguise is the future president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, asking mysteriously “pointed” questions to the visiting head of state. I got this one from Brian Whitmore at Transmission ...
When it was reported last week that Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev had proposed a new currency for the former Soviet republics, as a measure of protecting the region from the financial crisis, the Moscow Times called the suggestion ‘a...
TODAY: Medvedev speaks of NATO threat and announces rearmament plan; US panel underscores need to fix relations with Russia; Moscow pledges support for Afghanistan; Olympic woes; Sochi elections; Yevloyev death to be investigated; South Ossetia la...
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