Russia

February 26, 2009

Grigory Pasko: An Interview with a Russian Latin Americanist

Boris Martynov: “Russia’s geopolitical interest in Latin America needs to be reinforced with economics” Grigory Pasko, journalist The Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences has existed since the year 1961. ...
February 26, 2009

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 26th, 2009

TODAY: Medvedev orders crackdown on extremism, and calls for improved prosecutor performance; US human rights report critical of Russia, may turn to Iran for supply route; web monitoring, human trafficking, Putin mythology.President Dmitry Medvede...
February 25, 2009

Illarionov on Russia’s “CSP”

We’ve all heard about the Russian government’s preemptive planning to augment the riot police and expand their powers to break up protests – which are expected to increase dramatically as a result of the global economic crisis &#...
February 25, 2009

The Estonian Spy

Today Russia lost another espionage asset in Estonia, demonstrating the ongoing recruitment of foreign spies and purchase of state secrets on behalf of the FSB – Cold War style.  Seems like these kinds of treason cases involving Russia ...
February 25, 2009

Crime and Punishment

Amid the aftermath of the bungled Anna Politkovskaya murder trial, which one Moscow Times columnist says might be disconcertingly rewarding to “certain members of the liberal opposition who take joy whenever the government reveals its gross ...
February 25, 2009

What Does Russia Want From Afghanistan?

What, exactly, does Russia want from Afghanistan? The question has preoccupied the global media for weeks. Today, two countervailing theories emerge. Notwithstanding the threat of Islamic extremism filtering into the Caucasus, writing in the Inter...
February 25, 2009

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 25th, 2009

TODAY: Khodorkovsky moved to Moscow for new trial; Medvedev urges Estonia to prosecute suspected murderers; Kremlin granting passports in neighboring countries; pro-Kremlin youth try to tarnish opposition image.Former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsk...
February 24, 2009

Grigory Pasko: The School of Kreativ

The loud advertising posts for this book scream out that before us is not just any book, but – «a paper virus of sorts, which takes possession of the mind and expands the boundaries for the realization of creative possibilities. Here are pre...
February 24, 2009

Pragmatism, Not Ideology

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has republished this interesting interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in which he tries to explain his country’s increased interest in Latin America. The interview, excerpted from an ...