On the eve of Russia’s new police reform law coming into effect, the LA Times features some particularly harrowing accounts of the experiences of residents of Nizhny Novgorod at the hands of local police. These sobering testimonies act...
On the eve of Russia’s new police reform law coming into effect, the LA Times features some particularly harrowing accounts of the experiences of residents of Nizhny Novgorod at the hands of local police. These sobering testimonies act...
It seems that no vote can take place in Russia without accusations flying over overzealous electioneering, dirty tricks or straightforward rigging. Last night’s TV vote for the mascots of the Sochi Winter Olympics has proved no differe...
It seems that no vote can take place in Russia without accusations flying over overzealous electioneering, dirty tricks or straightforward rigging. Last night’s TV vote for the mascots of the Sochi Winter Olympics has proved no differe...
Lukoil claims that has not decreased oil output in Egypt despite political turbulence in the country; Russia’s no. 2 oil producer hopes to fully replace its reserves over the medium term and is looking to acquire new assets to achieve this, ...
Gold and silver miner Polymetal has secured approval for a restructuring plan which would move it a step closer in its aim to list in London. The Telegraph has an interview with the company’s CEO Mikhail Prokhorov. As soon as it ...
TODAY: Russia condemns Libyan repression; backs UN sanctions; how unrest in the Middle East affects the diarchy. New police reform law; skepticism as to its effects; Pearl Ensign trial delayed; Navalny proposes anti-United Russia election st...
TODAY: Russia condemns Libyan repression; backs UN sanctions; how unrest in the Middle East affects the diarchy. New police reform law; skepticism as to its effects; Pearl Ensign trial delayed; Navalny proposes anti-United Russia election st...
Clifford J. Levy has a good piece in the New York Times today on the resilience of authoritarianism in the former Soviet sphere. The only thing I take issue with is that it seems like Levy’s takes it at face value when these leaders pr...
Earlier this week we came across a very interesting article published in the Spanish newspaper El Pais by Joaquín Villalobos, a former Salvadoran FMLN guerrilla fighter turned peace ambassador. His experiences working to bring change under one of ...
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