Audio: Anti-Americanism as Russian Doctrine
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Video: A Happy Thanksgiving from Venezuela
Deripaska’s New Deal and the “Visible” Hand
Oleg Deripaska is calling for the Russian government to undertake an FDR-like new deal, which naturally will involve an increased presence in the economy. Shareholders of Rusal may wince to hear the following words: “The hand of the st...
Russia Embraces Latin America, Literally
There’s been no shortage of media coverage over the past week of Russia’s promotion of its renewed ties in Latin America region. Below, a gallery of embraces which should prove the point of the trip. Photo: REUTERS/Sergio Moraes ...
The Untouchable Constitution
From the Washington Post: His response was unequivocal. “The terms of presidential authority will not be changed under the current president,” Vladimir Putin said in 2001, his second year in office, arguing that amendments to the const...
RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 28th, 2008
TODAY: Medvedev in Cuba, pleased with US NATO decision; no resolution on missile defense this year; Putin’s presidential term extension intensions. Athletes dispute doping punishments. The meeting between President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela a...
Grigory Pasko: The Assault of Mikhail Beketov
In Russia a good journalist – is a dead journalist? Grigory Pasko, journalist What happened? The editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Khimkinskaya Pravda” (the city of Khimki is pressed right against Moscow), Mikhail Beketov, was fo...
Hermitage Lawyer Arrested
This blog has reported both on the state’s war on lawyers as well as its campaign against Hermitage Capital and its found William Browder, following a corporate raiding and identity theft scandal tied to the Interior Ministry. Today, t...
Iskander Missile Tourism
In case you ever wondered what there was to see in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad: This is what passes for humor in Kaliningrad these days: Iskander missile tourism. Dipping deep into his reservoir of black humor, Vladimir Abramov tries out th...
The Russian Milosevic
From Yevgeny Kiselyov in the Moscow Times: It seemed at first that our prayers were answered when Mikhail Gorbachev became general secretary in 1985. Those hopes came crashing down, however, when the price of oil dropped several years later. Despi...