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During a working visit to Geneva (June 12-15) on the occasion of the 100th Conference of the International Labor Organization (ILO), Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he expects the Russian economy to fully recover ...
A judge in Kiev has decided not to release Yulia Tymoshenko (August 10), the Ukraine opposition leader who was jailed for contempt of court after being charged with abuse of power. Thousands of her supporters ...
Exxon Mobile, America’s largest company, won a major contract to explore for oil in the Arctic Ocean (August 31), beating competitors such as BP (British Petroleum) which had been trying to land the deal ...
After 18 years of negotiations, Russia’s ongoing battle for accession to the WTO (World Trade Organization) rages onwards as Swiss-mediated talks with Georgia fail. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pointed the finger at the US ...
An agreement signed between the US and Romania to base anti-missile interceptors on Romanian territory as part of a NATO missile-defense plan has caused renewed friction with Russia. On September 13 US Secretary of State ...
The world’s richest economies’ support for agriculture in 2010 was the lowest level in nearly three decades, according to new figures released by the Paris-based OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development). The drop ...
Russia, Ukraine and six other former Soviet republics signed a free trade agreement (October 10) that observers say may be the first step toward the ‘Eurasian Union’ promoted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. On ...
One of the last barriers to Moscow’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) was removed in Brussels (October 21) when an agreement was reached resolving an auto parts dispute between Russia and the ...
A two-day conference in London (November 2-3) to discuss the benefits and risks of policing cyberspace raised a lot of important issues but ended with no consensus on what could be done. In his opening ...
Is China Buying the World?, by Peter Nolan, Polity Press, €19.90, $17.95. China has become the world’s second biggest economy and its largest exporter, and is now getting close to becoming the ...
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Sergei Magnitsky, and now, Pussy Riot. While these highly publicized cases are mostly known for their political nature, they also hint at deeper problems within the Russian justice system. Unwarranted arrests, unjust trials ...
We are all agreed: living in Russia these days is not exactly a fairy tale. The country has large quantities of natural resources at its command, providing ample means for unprecedented economic development, but the ...
Photographer Ian Teh belongs to what we call ‘slow journalism’, like Joe Sacco and a few others who take time to do their work. Or you could say, like New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos ...
At the close of its 18th session (September 29), the UN Human Rights Council adopted by consensus a resolution creating a Special Rapporteur to help states deal with gross violations of human rights in transitional ...
Several countries have raised concerns about Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's proposed budget for 2012-2013 alongwith an announcement of important cuts in management and operating expenses. Members of the Group of 77 and China underlined the ...
Following a long and difficult mediation by Switzerland to overcome objections from Georgia to Russian membership in the WTO (World Trade Organization), an agreement was reached (November 2) to allow Russia full membership by the ...
The Geneva-based World Trade Organization (WTO) has sealed the deal for Russia’s acceptance as a full-fledged member of the 153-member trade body when it comes up for a vote at the WTO ministerial meeting ...
After 18 years of negotiations, the initial bid by Boris Yeltsin for Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1993 has finally paid off. The long-lasting negotiations hold the current organization’s ...
Even after Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin blamed the United States for inciting riots in Russia last month, Russia and the US have agreed to send a joint team to inspect foreign stations, installations and ...
After Vladimir Putin won Russia’s presidential election earlier this month, ripples of disappointment spread throughout Russia and the rest of the world. Given the rockiness of the relationship between the U.S. and Russia ...
At a first glance, Belarus appears to be a calm and empty country, which many consider to be stuck in a Soviet-era time warp. Others describe it as a black hole, a ghost country. But ...
Aleksandr Lukashenko is resilient. The President of Belarus has stood firm against the European Union (EU) and its renewed political and economic sanctions in response to his increasingly autocratic rule. In six months, he has ...
Wheel Of Fortune: The Battle For Oil And Power In Russia, Thane Gustafson, Harvard University Press, $39.95. In Wheel of Fortune, Thane Gustafson explores the imminent challenges faced by Russia if it is to ...
Russian protestors took to the streets in Moscow over the past three days in Arab Spring-like protests alleging election fraud in Russia’s parliamentary elections, which took place on Sunday. But instead of Russia’s ...
Oleg Shein, a mild-mannered member of the opposition movement, came before Western audiences last week to discuss corruption in Russia. Shein was the Just Russia mayoral candidate in Astrakhan, a major city in the southwest ...
On Friday, 3 August 2012, three men wearing bright balaclava masks climbed onto a building across from the windows of the Khamovnichesky Court in Moscow, Russia. They waved flare torches and chanted “Free Pussy Riot ...
The world is on the verge of a new and deeper jobs recession that may ignite more social unrest unless ways are found to create 80 million jobs worldwide within the next two years. The ...
The regulatory atmosphere for local entrepreneurs trying to start a business was made easier around the world in 2010-2011 with the greatest improvement found in several African and Eastern European countries. The World Bank presented ...
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