In about an hour, we are expecting a foregone conclusion during an award ceremony to crown deputy prime minister Igor Sechin as Russia’s best CEO – an event not lacking in irony. What must be one of the most unusual awards around is gi...
Andy Young at Siberian Light has posted a rant to vent some frustration over the constant paradoxical criticism he faces for being both too pro-Kremlin and too Russophobic. The comment thread below the post is developing into something inter...
TODAY: Responses to Belykh’s government posting; Duma deputy could be stripped of immunity; Lavrov warns against ‘meddling’, praises ties with EU; Argentine President in Moscow; Yulia Latynina on ‘Putinomics’.Foreign ...
The following is an exclusive translation from Vedomosti about the oncoming crisis of unemployment in Russia, for which the author subsequently got in a lot trouble for having published. Scenario: Novocherkassk-2009 Yevgeny Gontmacher 06.11.2008, ...
I recently wrote an article in which I attempted to systematize all the different kinds of «enemies of the people» that exist in modern-day Russia. Just two weeks later, it turned out that the list is outdated – yet another category of peopl...
Fredo Arias-King, whose work on Russia we hold in high regard, recently had an interesting comment piece (part of the NRO Symposium we linked to yesterday) pointing out the potentially problematic revival of Strobe Talbott’s diplomatic caree...
TODAY: Funeral for Patriarch Alexei II held today in Moscow – video; Solidarity member to step down after receiving government post; Transparency International bribe survey; Aleksanyan case not a sign of a shift in government stance; nanoman...
A number of journalists have been calling me today about the release on bail (for 50 million rubles, mind you) of former Yukos general counsel Vasily Alexanyan. Although I’m unreservedly pleased for Vasily and his family, I think we st...
In his interview with the Financial Times, Poland’s soft spoken Prime Minister Donald Tusk discusses the difficulties he has faced in improving ties with Russia, and the nature of the challenge posed by Moscow, insisting that he holds no ant...
During his appearance on Meet the Press yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama is asked about who he thinks is running the show over in Moscow. A sensitive question, and an easy dodge. Fast forward to 1:45 to skip the Iran engagement ...
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