Following the lowering of the key rate to 11% by Russia’s Central Bank, and with Brent crude continuing to fall, the value of the ruble fell to 63 to the dollar and had only slightly rallied at midday. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including […]
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Russia Update: UK Scrambles Two Typhoon Fighters To Intercept Russian Long-Range Bombers
The ruble has taken a tumble again at the news that the Bank of Russia is going to buy up foreign currency. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here. UPDATES BELOW Russia This […]
Russia Update: Belarus Seeks Some Distance from Moscow as It Tries to Land IMF Funds
Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here, and see also our Russia This Week stories âAnti-Maidanâ Launched by Nationalists, Cossacks, Veterans, Bikers and The Guild War â How Should Journalists Treat Russian State […]
Russia Update: Medvedev Approves $35 Billion Rescue Plan for Stricken Economy
Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here, and see also our Russia This Week stories âAnti-Maidanâ Launched by Nationalists, Cossacks, Veterans, Bikers and The Guild War â How Should Journalists Treat Russian State […]
Russia Update: Appeal to Review Oleg Navalny’s Detention Rejected By Moscow Court
Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here, and see also our Russia This Week story The Guild War â How Should Journalists Treat Russian State Propagandists? and special features âManaged Springâ: How Moscow […]
Russia Update: Ruble Recovers from ‘Financial Maidan’ Before Putin’s Speech
Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here, and see also our Russia This Week story The Kremlinâs Policy-Making on Ukraine is âA Messâ and special features âManaged Springâ: How Moscow Parted Easily with […]
Russia Update: ‘Ruble Hits Bottom, and Breaks Through’
Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here, and see also our Russia This Week feature The Kremlinâs Policy-Making on Ukraine is âA Messâ; âManaged Springâ: How Moscow Parted Easily with the âNovorossiyaâ Leaders […]
Russia Update: Ruble in Free Fall, More than 9% Today; Did ‘Conventional Units’ Really Return?
Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here, and see also our Russia This Week feature The Kremlinâs Policy-Making on Ukraine is âA Messâ; âManaged Springâ: How Moscow Parted Easily with the âNovorossiyaâ Leaders […]
Putin, Now Marginalized Internationally, May Become Even More Dangerous, Oreshkin Says
Staunton, VA – November 17, 2014 – The G-20 meeting in Brisbane demonstrated that “the marginalization of Putin is a fait accompli,” that he has failed to split the West, and that its leaders have no intention of acting as Neville Chamberlain did in the late 1930s, according to Dmitry Oreshkin. The Moscow political scientist, […]
Russia This Week: 5 Chechen Policemen Killed Detaining Suicide Bomber in Grozny (September 27-October 2)
Updated Daily. This week’s issue: –5 Policeman Killed Detaining Suicide Bomber in Grozny; Terrorist Identified Russian Ultranationalist Web Site Owner Summoned to Police in ‘Extremism’ Investigation – Despite Further Refutations Even From Separatist Leaders, Mass Graves, ‘Organ-Trafficking’ Disinformation Still Circulates – OSCE Representative on Human Trafficking Purveys Russian Propaganda Story of ‘Organ-Trafficking’ in Ukraine – […]