Response to last week’s trial run seemed positive, so a news roundup will become a regular feature on SiberianLight. Right now I plan to run it weekly, but this could change depending on time commitments...
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AndyPutin – World Tour 2004
Putin has been racking up the airmiles this last few weeks. By my count, he’s been to: Ukraine – where he endorsed Yanukovich as his choice for Governor President Chile – were he announced...
You get what you pay for
Today it was announced that Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), India’s state own energy company plans to bid against Gazprom in the auction for Yukos subsidiary Yuganskneftegaz. Hooray! Putin is...
Ukraine: long term implications
Nick at A Fistful of Euros has an interesting article up about what the Ukraine crisis could mean for the EU a couple of decades from now. I have a feeling that the Ukrainian crisis may, when we look back at it from ten...
Kuchma to flee to Russia?
The Sunday Times today passes on an interesting rumour that Russia is going to offer sanctuary Ukraine’s outgoing President Leonid Kuchma should he be forced to flee . The Russian president, Vladimir Putin...
Putin wants permanent Security Council seat for India
And not only that – he wants India to have a veto vote, too. "I am convinced that permanent seats on the Security Council should have veto power, otherwise it would be a one-sided reform of the U.N.,"...
Uzbek President criticises Russian meddling in Ukraine
Uzbek President Islam Karimov, in complete contrast to his earlier comments on the subject, today announced that Russia’s meddling in Ukraine’s election was counterproductive: Russias excessive...
News roundup
Much of my focus has been on Ukraine recently, and coverage of Russia has suffered. To balance things out somewhat, here is a brief roundup of what has been going on there for the past week or so. I’m...
Where did all the time go?
The BBC reports that the crisis in Ukraine is hitting the economy hard. Foreign trade down $4 million per day, the country has lost $184 million in tax revenue, and the government has had to spend $400 million of...
Time to think the unthinkable?
Concerns are rising that Ukraine is about to split into two. A lot of this is scaremongering, and actually things do look relatively calm on the streets, but the risk of conflict remains very real and I wonder if...