An international event – in the regime of a state of emergency Grigory Pasko – journalist A couple of days ago Russian television in the popular humoristic broadcast «Nasha Rasha» [“Our Russia”, but using a transliteration ...
Vasily Alexanyan was once the Harvard-educated general counsel of Russia’s most successful and prestigious company. Today he may be becoming the world’s first victim of prosecutorial murder via medical blackmail. His story ...
Pierre Noël, an energy academic, has a post over at the EU Energy Policy blog which questions the traditional assumption that Europe is becoming increasingly dependent on Russian gas, and points out that Gazprom is facing a number of daunting chal...
TODAY: Putin says decision to go ahead with tariffs does not conflict with the G20 Summit decision to hold off on tariffs; Politkovskaya trial to be open to journalists; Bakhmina to file petition for pardon; Obama supports Georgia, all sides denou...
Putin, you’re angry – that means you’re not right* Grigory Pasko, journalist During the time of a meeting with Finnish premier Matti Vanhanen on 12 November of the year 2007, Russian premier Vladimir Putin for the f...
Without a paper you – are a bug, but with a paper – a person* Grigory Pasko, journalist The Strasbourg court asked me to send them a document in supplement to my application – a document about how I had received a pension ...
A group of former Yukos shareholders has begun its long promised legal campaign to sue the Russian government for damages caused by the unlawful nationalization of Yukos. GML (formerly known as Group Menatep) and a pension fund represe...
TODAY: G20 summit sees Russian optimism over Obama and a tentative offer to back down on missile defense; pro-Kremlin liberal party formed; Georgia-Russia PR war continues; Svetlana Bakhmina transferred to maternity ward. President Dmitry Medvedev...
The British are a peculiar bunch. I’ve lived here for years now, and still occasionally find myself surprised once in a while by the sudden reversals in foreign policy. It’s as though the FCO practices a unique brand of sel...
From the New York Times: As a bill extending Russia’s presidency from four to six years barreled through the Russian legislature on Friday, it fell to the old-timers from the Communist Party to put up a fight. “Why do we have to do thi...
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