Here’s what’s going on over at my new Venezuela Report blog: One could be forgiven for buying into the illusion of Hugo Chávez’s Venezuelan socialist utopia, especially those living comfortably abroad in open and free democ...
In the early hours of January 31, one of Venezuela’s largest and most important synagogues, Maripérez (popularly known as Papelón), was raided, ransacked, and defaced by a commando militia group. This news comes directly to me from Sam...
Dear Sergey, I read with great interest your comments on NATO and global security published in the Guardian, and as Russia’s Minister of Defense, I should hope that others gave careful consideration to the conclusions of your article. ...
I believe that this article by Amartya Sen published in the New Republic makes some tremendously important points about the future of human rights law: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights made its contribution to practical reason and global ...
So nice to hear high-placed Russian officials such as Sergey Lavrov using the language of democracy and international law. It would be even nicer if it meant something. From his article in the Guardian. Plans to expand Nato seem aimed at tackling ...
The following is a translation of an interview by the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborzca with Robert Amsterdam: Markelov a victim of Putin’s regime The lawlessness built in Russia by Vladimir Putin is to be blamed for Stanislav Markelov’...
Alisher Usmanov has sold his majority stake in Yuzhno-Tambeiskoye, one of the biggest gas deposits in Russia, to Gazprom’s banking arm. Energy sector leaders from around the world have told the World Economic Forum that the current pri...
Despite efforts to help the ruble to find an equilibrium level, the currency continues to hit new lows, a drop apparently compounded by investors’ view of Vladimir Putin’s Davos speech as ‘absurd’. In a bid to stimula...
TODAY: Putin’s policies questioned; complicated ownership structures keep developments anonymous; former Mayor to be extradited to Moscow; Lavrov on EU security; missile debate exposes Poland’s security concerns.Alexander Lebedev, who ...
Things have been relatively quiet on the tit-for-tat spy games we saw going down last year, when the United States and Russia seemed to be going through some sort of strange ritual dance from the Cold War by presenting highly public awards to thei...
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