The Russia Blog
I’m really beginning to enjoy Dmitry Medvedev’s no-nonsense approach to assessing Russia’s weaknesses and to telling people off.
He certainly doesn’t mince words, but what I particularly like is that he doesn’t restrict his criticism to safe, relatively unimportant targets. Take, for example, his lambasting of Russia’s prosecutors following the shambolic trial of Anna Politkovskaya’s… Read the rest
Russian loony Far Right leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky has been setting working hard to save his roubles in the current financial crisis.
Clearly no fan of personal hygeine, he explains his money saving regime:
“I have been thrifty. I am not having my hair cut. My hair has already grown longer than ever. I only shave
Dmitry Medvedev gives his first annual state of the nation speech, and announces that he’d like to extend the Russian Presidential term from 4 to 6 years. So what does the world’s press write about?
That Russia plans to deploy missiles close to the EU’s border to neutralise the US missile shield. Oh, and… Read the rest
Nikolai Makarov is the Russian armed forces’ new Chief of Staff, and he has a mandate to reform one of Europe’s most powerful, yet backward, militaries.
How Russian women are running their own online businesses that make fashion affordable – and make a profit.
A violent confrontation between the motorcades of President Ramzan Kadyrov and Badruddi Yamadayev threatens ignite yet more conflict in Chechnya.
If you ever travel to Russia on business, and want to use your notebook’s Wi-Fi, or perhaps your brand new iPhone, you might want to think again. Because Russia has just adopted a new regulation that requires every owner of a wireless device to register it with the authorities.
There are 110 billionaires in Russia today. Only the United States has more.
Which way is Russia really heading today? Is Russia on the way to leadership by personality cult, or on the hard way to true democracy?
Not content with being Russia’s next Prime Minister, it appears that Vladimir Putin also has his sights set on being the head of the ruling United Russia party. According to news reports, he’ll be announced as party boss next week.
In a move sure to drive corrupt public servants across Russia to despair, President-elect Dmitry Medvedev announces plans to limit official inspections of small businesses.
Will Russia bite the bullet and follow a path of real reform, or will the Putvedev government take the easy way out?
Dmitry Medvedev is Russia�s new President. But what kind of President will he be? Will he wield actual power, or will he just be Putin’s right hand man?
Former Nuclear Power Minister Yevgeny Adamov was today sentenced to five and a half years in jail. He was wanted in both Russia and the US on charges of embezzlement.
A criminal investigation has been launched into claims of electoral fraud by leading liberal candidate Mikhail Kasyanov.
Disgruntled Yukos shareholders are to push for international arbitration. They claim the Russian government acted illegally, and owes them up to $100 billion
Is Russia’s outgoing President really the world’s fourth richest man?
Yabloko and SPS performed so poorly in the recent Duma elections that both are on the verge of extinction. They face a stark choice of merging, or dying.
