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Russia's Chief Justice Advocates A Return To Serfdom
There are always politicians who say that things were better in the past.And the top judicial official in Russia is one of them — he appears to be advocating a return to serfdom.Valery Zorkin, the head...
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North America Could Drown Putin's Economy In Oil
Yesterday, the Russian government submitted its budget to the Duma, the lower house of the parliament. Once approved, Vladimir Putin will sign it into law. A 9/30 post on The Economist website reported...
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Russia Just Banned Foreign Exchange Students From Studying In The US — And...
Russia's past, present, and prospective participants in a popular U.S.-funded student exchange are lamenting their government's decision to halt its participation in the decades-old program amid...
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Mongolia Has To Change Its Railroads To Account For An 85 Millimeter...
The planned extension of a trans-border railway in Mongolia will make it faster and cheaper to ship coal to China. Currently, most coal from Mongolian mines is transported to the Chinese border by...
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NATO Needs To Do A Better Job Of Reassuring The Baltic States
Russia’s actions in Ukraine have had a direct impact on the security perceptions of the Baltic States. Leaders in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia see Russia’s intervention in Ukraine as a potentially...
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Western Banks Have Basically Gone On Strike Against Russia, Cutting Off Its...
The amount of debt issued by Russian companies has collapsed due to fears of Western sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine.In the first three quarters of this year the total amount of foreign-currency...
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Russia Is Beefing Up Its Censorship Measures
This country’s Security Council usually focuses on military strategy, energy security and territorial integrity.These days, however, it’s taking aim at a fast-widening sector: "national security in the...
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Putin's Closest Ally Says He's Willing To Send Peacekeepers To Ukraine
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has said he is ready to send peacekeeping forces to neighboring Ukraine, where government forces have been battling pro-Russian separatists for six months.In...
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Russian Inflation Hits Its Highest Level In 3 Years Amid First Signs Of Food...
Vladimir Putin's tit-for-tat sanctions against food imports from the West have driven consumer price inflation in Russia to 8% in September — its highest point in three years and way above the Russian...
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In July, A Russian Fighter Jet Flew Within 10 Meters Of A Swedish Spy Plane
Russian Su-27s have once again been involved in a dangerous close encounter with a plane they intercepted.The Swedish Air Force operates a pair of Gulfstream IVSP aircraft, known in the Swedish service...
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Russian Shipping Giant Gets Disastrous Ruling In Court
A decade of lawsuits promoted in the UK courts by Sovcomflot’s chief executive, Sergei Frank, has ended disastrously with a judgement issued against him and his company in the High Court today.Justice...
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REPORT: 'Russians' Behind Huge JPMorgan Cyberattack
US officials are far more concerned than they are publicly acknowledging about the gigantic cyberattack against JPMorgan that affected as many as 76 million households.And they believe Russians with at...
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'ONCE A SPY, ALWAYS A SPY:' Putin's KGB Past Continues To Shape His...
It was January of 1990, and a middle-aged, overweight Vladimir Putin was depressed.Working as a paper-pushing KGB intelligence officer in Dresden, Germany, Putin spent most of his time attempting to...
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The Kremlin Is Supporting A Sweet Deal For Oligarchs Caught In The Sanctions
Sanctioned by the US on March 20 for being a member of President Vladimir Putin’s “inner circle”, and by the European Union (EU) on July 30, Arkady Rotenberg has arranged for a member of the State Duma...
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All Of Russia Is Snapping Up Putin-Themed Sweatshirts On His Birthday
While Russian president Vladamir Putin celebrates his 62nd birthday with a trip to the Siberian forests, Russian designers our honoring their leader's big day with a new collection of sweatshirts...
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Russian Finance Minister: We Can No Longer Afford Our Military Spending Plan
Russia's finance minister said on Tuesday the country could no longer afford a multi-billion-dollar revamp of the armed forces approved by President Vladimir Putin, stepping up a campaign to trim...
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The Russian Ruble Is Collapsing
The Russian ruble has collapsed to a record low against a basket of dollars and euros despite intervention by the central bank to prop it up. The Russian central bank has spent as much as $1.75 billion...
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The Russian Parliament Just Passed That Crazy Law Letting The Government...
A bill to allow Russian oligarchs to claim compensation from the state for overseas assets seized under international sanctions has been passed by the country's parliament.The "Rotenberg bill" as it...
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Hundreds Of People Have Died During The Latest Ukraine Cease-Fire
The UN has found that at least 331 people have died in fighting in eastern Ukraine despite the cease-fire agreed to by the Kiev government and armed separatists in early September, The New York Times...
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Russia Has Burned $55 Billion To Prop Up The Ruble ... And It's Still Losing
The Russian central bank was forced to intervene again in currency markets to defend the ruble as it continues its collapse.So far in October the central bank has spent about $1.85 billion trying to...
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