Putin goes to Europe
MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – Following the visits to Moscow by the German and American foreign ministers and the EU-Russia summit in Samara, Russia and the West agreed […]
Read MoreRussia’s Economy – never had it so good?
MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – Much attention this week was focused on the visits to Moscow by the German and US foreign ministers and the Russia-EU summit in […]
Read MoreEnergy nexus: Russia and Central Asia
MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA-Novosti) – Last Thursday, Russia’s President Putin arrived in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, for the start of a week-long visit to Central Asia, which will […]
Read MorePutin’s state of the nation: inconsistencies hinder Russia’s development
MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – President Putin’s last state of the nation address to the Federal Assembly and various representatives from Russia’s regions, religious faiths and other organizations, […]
Read MoreOrange revolution in Russia unlikely
MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – Russia’s already poor image took another hit last weekend with the arrest of former world chess champion Garry Kasparov and the heavy-handed tactics […]
Read MoreFDI in Russia – rewards justify the risks
Depending on which set of statistics you believe, foreign direct investment in Russia in 2005 amounted to some $14.6 billion and in 2006 more than doubled to about $30 billion. […]
Read MoreRussia: Would-Be Great Power?
MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – Anyone strolling around a half-decent bookshop these days will find that most of the books on current affairs seem to deal with Islam […]
Read MoreThe Other Side of Security. Energy in the East Rarely Receives Enough Attention
Although the December-January pricing spat between Russia and Ukraine focused attention on Europe’s dependence on outside sources of gas, the political/energy security nexus in East Asia has been acute for […]
Read MorePost-imperial attitudes: Britain after the war and Russia today
MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – In November 1992, the president of the Kyrgyz Republic, Askar Akayev, a research physicist before going into politics, told me in an interview […]
Read MoreStaking a Claim: Having Won a Battle in the Gas Wars, Russia is Still Fighting
Following the disputes over energy with Ukraine in 2005-6 and the interruption to supplies to Georgia after bombs took down two electricity pylons on Jan. 21, 2006 and the gas […]
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