Windows to Russia

One of our readers named MattMacL brought my attention to an interesting subject in Russia that is happening at a time when anti Stalin sentiments are running rather high in the old Soviet areas. An interview of Father Yevstafiy can be found at the Georgia Daily by Paul Goble of Window on Eurasia. (Link) His […]

RBC, 27.11.2008, Moscow.Russian shares were rising steadily at the opening today. Around 10:45 a.m. on MICEX, Gazprom and Rosneft climbed 4.5 percent each, and LUKoil gained 3.8 percent. The MICEX index was up 3 percent at 607 points. On the RTS, LUKoil increased 1.6 percent. Federal Grid Company was among the best performers on both […]

Looks like Russia has been busy this week. To start with:

A leading Russian political analyst has said the economic turmoil in the United States has confirmed his long-held view that the country is heading for collapse, and will divide into separate parts. Professor Igor Panarin said in an interview with the respected daily IZVESTIA published on Monday: “The dollar is not secured by anything. The […]

figure currently stood at $98.7 per barrel for the year to date, the current price was $46.7 per barrel. RBC, 26.11.2008, Moscow 11:48:09.The Federation Council has approved a presidential amendment to the Constitution granting the State Duma more control over the Russian government. As reported earlier, the document stipulates that the Duma will have the […]

Hello, While drinking that wonderful morning cup of coffee RBC reported this tidbit of information on the TV and print: A motorcade of Russia’s diplomats had a traffic accident in Iraq through the fault of U.S. military, spokesmen of the RF Foreign Ministry told RBC news agency.Three armored cars of the RF embassy were heading […]

“This is my last term and I am not going to ballot for president again. Of course, after this I do not intend to die. I and my colleagues believe that the first and most important task of the current government is the peaceful restoration of the territorial integrity of Georgia, and the second is […]

Hello, The Polish President said that he requested to go near the borders! Well I do not believe that either president would go anywhere that they did not have plenty of planning to do so. The facts are that Saakashvili is a most wanted in South Ossetia! Also many Georgians are wanting a change in […]

The Orthodox Church says: “The Russian Orthodox Church is not creating its own private army to help maintain order on the streets, a senior church official said on Friday.” “The church is not setting up a private army and would never attempt to do so. It is nonsense. The Russian armed forces already consist of […]