“Moscow can’t find builder for new military base on Ukrainian border” and other neglected Russian stories
Putin’s Rating Falls as Russians Trust Their Own Eyes More and His TV Less. Polls show that Vladimir…
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World oil prices, Russian production both predicted to fall over the next 25 years
Just how disastrous Vladimir Putin’s decision to rely on the export of oil rather than to modernize and…
Trump’s energy and trade policies may hurt Russia more than Western sanctions do, Moscow analysts say
Even though Vladimir Putin hopes that Donald Trump will end the sanctions regime against Russia, the president-elect’s proclaimed…
“Putin is a Russian Trump” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
“Russian troops not terrorists killed Beslan hostages” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Neglected stories from Russian-occupied Crimea for this week
After Putin annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014, the human rights and economic situation in the occupied…
‘What do French prostitutes, Kremlin media and Duma deputies have in common?’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
“Just how bad is Russian economy?” and other neglected Russian Stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
“Jaw casts fill potholes in Siberia” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
“Chinese tourists laugh at Russia” and dozen more of neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Eventually a hybrid president and a hybrid country run into un-hybrid realities, Naumova says
The term “hybrid” now applied in Orwellian fashion by Russian propagandists to everything they want people to accept…
The Tale of the Boiling Frog
Russia: A “superpower” with no safety net Playing global games as a “superpower” has led Russia to…
Is Putin about to leave office? Inozemtsev doesn’t think so
During the last few days, there have appeared a plethora of articles in both Russia and the West…
Collapse of Russian economy accelerates transfer of raw materials sector to China
Stories about the transfer of territory from Russia to China and the arrival of Chinese settlers in Siberia…
Putin and the ruble
Presidential aide Andrey Belousov has acknowledged that Russia’s foreign currency reserves are insufficient to support the ruble. This…
The end of Russia’s economy
The Russian economy has ended even without any sanctions. News about the possible seizure of Russian state property…
Putin’s unrealizable dream vs. his all too-real nightmare
That Vladimir Putin lives in a different reality than do other world leaders is now more or less…
Shadow economy, rural self-sufficiency allowing Russia to weather sanctions, new study finds
Russia’s shadow economy and the self-sufficiency of Russians living outside of the major cities of the country “have…
Top Russian economist: Moscow can’t maintain current levels of military spending for much longer
The Russian government cannot afford to maintain its current levels of military spending for long because its shift…
EU energy plan puts Kaliningrad at risk, Moscow paper says
Gas pipeline issues have attracted far more attention, but a plan for a unified energy network among European…
