The Russia Blog
Remember how someone threw a hand grenade at George Bush during his recent visit to Georgia? Well, now the Georgian authorities look to have found the culprit and, according to Mosnews, he might be Russian. The police currently have two theories, Mosnews reports, and:
According to the second theory, the
Now that the Russian government has secured a majority stake in Gazprom it has fully opened up the company to foreign investors.
While in a strictly legal sense, this means that a foreign company could buy all of Russia’s energy giant, the Russian government now owns more than 50% of the company, and is… Read the rest
William Burns is set to become the new US Ambassador to Russia, according to Interfax.
There have been reports that William Burns would be the next Ambassador to Russia since early this year, but I wonder if the Interfax report means that his appointment is close to confirmation?
A career diplomat, Burns… Read the rest
Welcome to Siberian Light for the latest weekly Carnival of the Revolutions, where we aim to give you a sampling of how democracy is marching forwards (and sometimes backwards) in the world today. So, without further ado, onto the…
Iranian elections
You may have heard of the Economist’s Big Mac Index. It looks at the cost of a Big Mac in capital cities of the world, compares it with the cost of a Big Mac in the United States and, through the principle of Purchasing Power Parity, works out whether a local currency is over-… Read the rest
