The Power Vertical President Dmitry Medvedev meets with Mikhail Prokhorov (right) at the Gorki presidential residence on June 27. The editorial in Monday’s “Nezavisimaya gazeta” left little room for ambiguity. Over the past several days there have been ample signs that changes in how Russia is governed are indeed in the works. Whether these will [...]
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June 28, 2011
June 11, 2011
Dozens killed in series of blasts in Afghanistan
A series of bombs and explosions across Afghanistan killed at least 24 people on Saturday, officials said. In the worst attack, a vehicle hit a roadside mine in southern Kandahar province, one of the main battlegrounds in the nearly 10-year Taliban-led insurgency against the Kabul government and NATO troops. Fifteen civilians were killed, the interior [...]
June 10, 2011
Transmissions from a Lone Star: These days I get my truth from the tabloids
When I first came to America I read a lot of supermarket tabloids. These differ from the notoriously salacious British tabloids in that they contain no politics, preferring to focus on celebrities and weight loss stories. Also, everything in them is completely imaginary. Consider for instance the World Weekly News, which regularly reports on the [...]
June 9, 2011
Please Select Your Preferred Truth
“The New York Times” writes about the largest retail bank in Russia, Sberbank, and its decision to test out a new high-tech ATM with voice-analysis software that backers say amounts to a built-in lie detector: Involuntary responses that come with emotional anxiety or nervousness are measured, similar to a polygraph, to determine if someone is [...]
June 7, 2011
Big Cuts Loom in Izvestia Revamp
The statue of Alexander Pushkin standing by Izvestia’s downtown offices. The daily faces a surprise revamp. The publisher of Izvestia, once known as Russia’s New York Times, signaled Monday that two-thirds of the newspaper’s journalists might face dismissal as he seeks to turn the publication into something “cooler” than Kommersant and Vedomosti. Some Izvestia journalists said they understood that Izvestia would adopt [...]
June 2, 2011
June 1, 2011
The Emerging High-Tech Superpower
The Emerging High-Tech Superpower By Chrystia Freeland Published: June 1, 2011 (Issue # 1658) The Russians are coming. So far, the invaders are both welcome and unexpected. These aren’t the Cold War comrades who aspired to geopolitical domination or the first wave of oligarchs with their treasure chest of natural resources. These Russians propose to [...]
May 31, 2011
A meeting of musical minds
A meeting of musical minds Married couple Yekaterina Galanova and Alexei Markov together form a formidable artistic duo. By Galina Stolyarova The St. Petersburg Times Published: June 1, 2011 (Issue # 1658) NATASHA RAZINA Alexei Markov pictured in the role of Renato in ‘Un ballo in maschera.’ A well-traveled opera singer and the founder of [...]
May 31, 2011
New U.S. ambassador to Russia to offer creative solutions
Michael McFaul, who masterminded the Obama administration’s “reset” policy with Russia, has refused to comment on the rumor that he will be appointed as the next U.S. ambassador to Moscow. Provided his appointment is approved by the Senate, the new ambassador is expected to help resolve the problem of the ballistic missile shield in Europe, [...]
May 30, 2011
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May 22, 2011
Series of bombings in Iraq kills at least 16
At least 16 people died in and around Baghdad on Sunday in a series of 10 or more bomb attacks, international media report. The New York Times cites an Iraqi security official as saying 18 people were killed and 77 wounded in 15 attacks, with the most deadly occurring in Taji, around 25 kilometers north [...]