Some readers have been writing me regarding confusing media reports on the latest events in the Mikhail Khodorkovsky case. What I can tell you is that there is some inaccurate information circulating right now, and that we are anticipating a...
Some 1500 Ukrainian communists demonstrated against the pro-Western policies of President Viktor Yushchenko – including his desire to join NATO – in the Russian-speaking, Eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk today. Russian media reported ...
A new poll indicates that over half of Ukrainians approve of a gas deal struck with Russia last month, ending the two-week crisis that cut gas supplies in much of Europe. But the lasting consequences of the crisis are still hard to judge, especial...
What, exactly, is Russia’s stance on assisting America on the Afghan front of its war on terror? Today, The L.A. Times explores the conundrum of Russian benevolence, a mystery wrapped inside an enigma wrapped inside a Soviet-era presidential...
As the newspaper «Izvestiya» recently reported, with a reference to its «own investigation», new, sensational details have been uncovered about the death of the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and the journalist Anastasia Baburova. In the opinion of the...
From the Associated Press: Russia’s super-rich are also super-losers in the financial crisis, according to the business magazine Finans, which said Monday the top 10 wealthiest Russians lost about two-thirds of their fortunes over the past y...
TODAY: Medvedev’s fireside chat offers to trade loyalty for transparency and insists the economy is stable; more Moscow protests; veterans mark 20 years since Soviet troops pulled out of Afghanistan; alcohol on flights, bear hunting.In the f...
Crazy days are definitely upon us: Bolivia is turning to Russia to help fight its war against coca production. (This after expelling the American ambassador for Washington’s alleged “conspiracy” against the Bolivian government an...
More than two dozen U.S. lawmakers have sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton encouraging the extradition of Viktor Bout from Thailand, where he was arrested last year in a DEA-orchestrated sting, to ...
This is the question asked in one TNR article, and answered, or at least attempted, in an amusing piece by Andrew Biliter over at the new blog for RUSSIA! magazine. Recommended. We called a source in the Russian PR industry to help put the p...
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