Posts Tagged ‘Medvedev’
Posted on June 9, 2008 - by Venik
Russia as Global Economy Leader
Russia’s International Economic Forum this year netted a rather impressive collection of the world’s top energy executives. Chairmen and CEOs of BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, Total, Schlumberger and Dow Chemical flew to Russia’s former imperial capital of St. Petersburg to listen to the country’s new president, as well as to keep [...]
Posted on February 23, 2008 - by Venik
Russia’s Threat of Military Intervention in Kosovo
As I predicted (see Russia’s Kosovo Options post on Feb. 15), Russia’s response to Kosovo’s declaration of independence is spilling outside the usual diplomatic channels. The latest BBC headline reads “Russia could use force in Kosovo”. Russia’s ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin told journalists that “Russia does not exclude the possibility of a military intervention [...]
Posted on January 27, 2008 - by Venik
Kasyanov barred from elections
Mikhail Kasyanov, Russia’s former Prime Minister and the leader of the PDU party, has been barred by the Central Election Commission (CEC) from participating in the presidential elections in March of 2008. According to Russian election legislation, an independent candidate like Kasyanov must collect two million signatures from supporters in order to participate in presidential [...]
Posted on December 12, 2007 - by Venik
The battle of the experts
Go to Google News and pick a few random articles about the latest events in Russia. Quickly look through each article and write down names of various Russian political analysts and experts quoted in the article. Also write down the names of the organizations these experts represent. You will end up with an interesting list [...]
Posted on December 10, 2007 - by Venik
Russia’s liberals: the identity crisis
I just stumbled upon a remarkably-balanced article about Russian politics: “In Russia, a democratic message blurred“, by Nikolai Petro, US State Department’s former special assistant for policy on the Soviet Union under George H. W. Bush. It is not every day that in an American newspaper one encounters an intelligent thought about Russia’s political life. [...]
