After Putin’s comments that the UN Security Council resolution was “deficient and flawed… reminiscent of a medieval call for a crusade” I was all set to come back to my desk and write an angry post about how two-faced...
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Otkritie – Mail.ru overvalued
Otkritie bank hit the headlines for valuing Facebook at $74 bn, but real story for Russia is that mail.ru is overvalued
South African Farmers to Move to Georgia
If you're Georgia, a poor post-Soviet state with an old-fashioned and inefficient farming industry, what do you do to perk things up a little bit? Why, you invite a bunch of South African farmers to move north and set...
Yuri Gagarin’s test capsule Vostok 3KA-2 for sale
The Vostok 3KA-2 capsule, the test spacecraft launched into space just three weeks before Yuri Gagarin’s historic first space flight will go on sale at Sotheby’s in New York next month.
Aeroflot customers flex their muscles
Aeroflot passengers are demanding 4,000 roubles compensation for every hour they were delayed at Sheremetyevo during last year's freak ice storm.
Russian internet market is the second largest in Europe, and growing
Russia is the second largest online market in Europe, and the seventh largest in the world, according to a set of slides produced by Russian search engine Yandex.
Russia bids to supply Brazil’s Air Force
Just a quick post to highlight an RIA Novosti article about Russia’s attempts to win a tender to supply the Brazilian Air Force with modern fighter jets. The Brazilian Air Force has a combat capacity way below the...
Weekly Russia Blog Roundup, 25 January 2011
A roundup of the past seven days best Russia blog posts, including coverage of the Moscow airport bombing.
Ruud Gullit signs as Terek Grozny Manager
Ruud Gullit has caused the biggest footballing shock of the 21st century by signing an 18 month deal to manage Terek Grozny, Chechnya's number one football team.