Energizing Central Asia: Caspian Partnerships Will Pay Off
The Caspian Basin’s large oil and gas reserves have not only been long coveted by the United States, Europe, China and India, but are also seen as the means by […]
Read MoreRussia and the West – polar opposites or two sides of the same coin? Part II
MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) Russia and Chechnya – and Stalin Chechnya is of course the black spot on Russia’s recent record. But it also shows the immense difficulty […]
Read MoreCentral Asia – the distorted reality
MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) The inauguration of Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov on February 13 as the new president of Turkmenistan was notable for his speech announcing greater access to the […]
Read MoreКирпичики величия
Петербургский саммит G8 – отличный повод посмотреть, как складываются даже не отношения между Россией и ведущими странами постиндустриального общества, а их представления друг о друге. Надо сказать, что проблемы с […]
Read MoreGetting the Story Wrong: Akayev Wasn’t Liberal and the Kyrgyz aren’t Anti-Russian
The developments in Kyrgyzstan in March unleashed the usual torrent of “expert” commentary. Armchair academics and parachute journalists saw the protests against the results of the Kyrgyz parliamentary elections, the […]
Read MoreUS firms invest in Kyrgyzstan
By Ian Pryde for Financial & Business News from Moscow, published on 1 January 1993.
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