As readers are likely well aware, Russia is shutting down most of its casinos this week under a new law that will isolate legal gambling facilities to just a handful of regions, far from the capital of Moscow. This new piece from Tony Halpin...
Well this is just mean. Vladimir Putin doesn’t want Russia’s billionaire bankers to take any vacation this summer, while it also looks like the state will become even more dominant in the banking sector. From the Financial ...
The following is the official press statement from the offices of the German MP Dr Andreas Schockenhoff, who attended the second trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky as an observer. His conclusions, as you can read below, are sharply critical of the lega...
George Friedman of Stratfor gives some interesting and less interesting opinions on the Obama-Medvedev summit coming up next week. Friedman believes the the “sphere of influence” question will be the central issue of the meeting,...
The news from Georgia is pretty bad this week. Russia is conducting large scale war games right on the border, the OSCE monitors have left, protests continue to split the country, and observers are wondering if Barack Obama will even say the...
Robert Amsterdam has a new blog post up over on Huffington Post about Obama’s approach to Iran and Venezuela. Here is a short excerpt: There are two reasons why both the authoritarians of Persia and the Orinoco Belt represent a common ...
Gazprom and Azeri company Socar have signed a deal to give Russia the first rights to Azeri gas that was previously seen as reserved for the Nabucco pipeline. Medvedev referred to the deal as a ‘milestone’ for cooperation in the ...
The Economic Development Ministry has changed its forecast for the growth of GDP, predicting that the economy will shrink 8.5% this year instead of the 6-8% previously forecast. The Ministry is more optimistic on inflation, predicting a rate...
TODAY: Georgia fuming about war games; US-Russia officials meet in advance of Obama trip; more US cargo to go throgh Russia to Afghanistan?; journalist dies of injuries sustained in an assault two months ago; casino closure imminent The military e...
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