Members of the U.S. Congress have proposed legislation designed to specifically punish Russian officials accused of having orchestrated and benefited from the murder by medical blackmail of Hermitage lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. This could be an...
Of course it’s good to see this news today that the Investigative Committee has responded to repeated complaints and reopened several cases into murdered journalists – of course it would also be good to know why the cases were closed i...
These are some good observations from Timothy Colton on RIA Novosti: But if the affair was all about corruption, why strike against him now — Luzhkov has been mayor since 1992 and Inteko was founded in 1991 — and why single out Luzhkov...
Bloomberg examines Rosatom’s grand plans for expansion under Chief Executive Officer Sergei Kiriyenko; with 15 reactors under construction across the globe, it is seen as a major market player. Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant ...
An article in the Moscow Times considers how foreign businesses operating in Moscow will find the post-Luzhkov climate; stagnation in the interim and a fear of needing to start over with new authorities are among the negative factors mentioned.&nb...
TODAY: US Congress to consider visa bans on officials implicated in Magnitsky death; details emerge on investigations into slain journalists. Conjecture continues on Luzhkov firing; trouble ahead for gay rights Swiss Air protest; Medvedev st...
Writing in the Guardian, Alexey Kovalev has a great political postmortem of Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, which although insightful and entertaining, refrains from the ceaseless prognostications currently dominating the press. It’s a relief. And...
In the aftermath of President Dmitry Medvedev’s somewhat melodramatic and drawn-out firing of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, the general consensus perspective appears to be that the president is politically benefiting from this strong “sho...
Whilst the company may despair over its prospects in the spill-blighted US, ‘in Russia […] BP’s fortunes are brighter than ever‘ as Arctic exploration beckons and Russia takes an interest in the asset sale, says the New Yor...
State Duma Deputy Konstantin Kosachev has told reporters that Russia’s decision not to sell S-300s to Iran is a costly one, representing $1 billion in lost revenue. In the latest twist in the Norilsk Nickel tussle, Rusal has filed a la...
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