President Medvedev had some interesting things to say to Spanish television today. In a wide-ranging interview (excerpted video here, full version here), Medvedev shares his thoughts on missile defense, energy security, and, of course, the Manas A...
From Brian Whitmore at RFE/RL: “The very fact that they transferred Khodorkovsky and Lebedev to Moscow demonstrates that there is a crisis in the power vertical,” says political analyst Stanislav Belkovsky, director of the Moscow-based...
One interesting correlative of recent Russian and American history tends to go unnoticed: both countries are plagued by woefully inadequate national infrastructure networks. But in the wake of the financial crisis, Russia seems to be shelving its ...
Radio Free Europe reports on the predictable results of yesterday’s regional Russian elections, in which the ruling United Russia party swept all nine legislative races: According to preliminary results, Unified Russia’s share of the v...
It’s been a long time since the Russian media dubbed Norway’s Prime Minister Yens Stoltenberg the Peaceful Viking. Way back in 2005, Stoltenberg sided with the Russians over the proposed US missile shield in Poland, and seemed willing ...
TODAY: Regional elections held over the weekend – low turnouts and accusations of cheating; Justice Minister slams European Court of Human Rights; Italy gives Russia a church; US and Russia to begin official talks at the end of the week; bus...
From Owen Matthews in Newsweek: How serious is President Dmitry Medvedev about repairing Russia’s corrupt courts? A trial opening this week in Moscow could be a key test. Former Yukos oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was jailed in 2004 o...
From the Associated Press: But his lawyers say the allegations of a $25 billion theft border on impossible. Many believe Khodorkovsky’s real sin was to have violated an understanding with the Kremlin that powerful business leaders keep out o...
Have you noticed how the Russians are constantly trying to be “just like the other kids”? Henry Ford built an automobile assembly line – the Russians bought it from him. The Netherlands had its Diary of Anne Frank – The Sov...
That P word just won’t go away in Russia, and the authorities are beginning to show their concern. However with the latest threats to send out truncheon-wielding OMON to break up demonstrations, isn’t the Kremlin helping to make ...
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