Disgruntled Yukos shareholders are to push for international arbitration. They claim the Russian government acted illegally, and owes them up to $100 billion
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Andy
Best of Siberian Light in 2007
A month by month review of Siberian Light's best posts over the past year.
Vladimir Putin net worth $40 billion
Is Russia's outgoing President really the world's fourth richest man?
Unify or die – the stark choice facing Russia’s liberals
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.
Kasparov pulls out of Presidential race
Garry Kasparov has announced that he will withdraw from the race for the Russian Presidency. Kasparov, the former World Chess Champion, says he was forced into his decision because Other Russia were not able to find a...
Dmitry Medvedev: Russia’s next President
After literally years of speculation, it is now clear that Dmitry Medvedev will be Russia’s next President. Medvedev was nominated by United Russia and endorsed by Vladimir Putin – an endorsement so powerful...
Putin’s United Russia win – but fall just short of super-majority
Much as everyone expected, Putin’s United Russia party won a massive victory in yesterdays’ Russian elections. As I write, 97.8 % of the votes have been counted, and 64.1% of these went to United Russia...
English Russia creator interviewed
Browsing the web today I came upon this interview in the International Herald Tribune with ‘Tim’ the creator of the English Russia blog. “Just imagine how many unknown stories and photos are hidden in...
Peter Nalitch’s “Gitar” video – at last, Russia has its own Borat
At last, Russia has a homegrown star to match Borat. Peter Nalitch’s cheesy pop video “Gitar” has taken the newly launched youtube.ru by storm, notching up more than 350,000 views already. Seriously...
Rothschild Faberge egg tipped to sell for record price
Got a few sparepennies burning a hole in your pocket? Then you might want to head on down to London auction house Christie’s next Wednesday – as a part of Russian Art Week, they’re holding an auction...