The following is a translation of an interview with Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, the former Federal Minister of Justice in Germany and Bundestag member who served as a rapporteur to the first trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, published in Deut...
Our latest interviewee on the topic of “Venezuela and Russia” is the leading expert of the Analytical administration of the Center for political conjuncture of Russia, Pavel Salin. 1. How natural and justified is the convergence of Rus...
An editorial on the Obama overtures to Russia is running in the Financial Times this weekend, pondering whether the Kremlin is ready to act its age and reciprocate some of these concessions being offered by Washington. The initial reaction s...
Post Global, the “collaborative, global” Washington Post blog moderated by David Ignatious and Fareed Zakaria, has posted a smart essay articulating what is likely the next iteration of responses to Obama’s secret letter to Mosco...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Europe today, giving a short speech and Q&A session at the European Parliament (the highest ranking U.S. visit to EuroParl since Reagan in 85). Click here to watch the video, and below is what she...
Earlier this week, the British historian Orlando Figes alleged that his Russian publisher, Atticus, had jettsoned his book, “The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin’s Russia” due to “political pressure” and Kremlin-led...
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, prepare to meet in Geneva today, a Bush administration policy expert on Russia and Eastern Europe offers some advice on post-secret letter U.S./Russia relations in a...
TODAY: NATO agrees to restore normal relations with Russia; Kremlin working on anti-satellite weapons; Khodorkovsky trial in the news; media owner attacked; Medvedev orders investigation into elections; Gorbachev criticizes United Russia.In a west...
Yesterday we posted some hostile reactions to President Barack Obama’s “secret letter” overture to the Russians to suspend the plans for a missile shield in Europe. Today, we bring you a ringing endorsement of the letter, w...
Stratfor has published an opus of sorts on the Russian financial predicament. What’s so unique about it is the historical lens through which the authors gauge the truths and fictions of the Kremlin’s recent rise, including the counter-...
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