russian events
‘Khodorkovsky’ director wary of showing film in Russia German film director Cyril Tuschi reads a newspaper as he sits in a porch swing in his office in Berlin on February 3. The maker of a twice-stolen documentary on jailed Russian former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the hottest ticket at the Berlin film festival, is wary…
The upper house of Russia’s Parliament today approved the START nuclear arms control treaty at the heart of a new thaw in post-Cold-War relations between Moscow and Washington. The treaty, signed by U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev back in April, requires both countries to cut their arsenals of nuclear warheads…
As U.S. officials struggle to control damage from the secret cables, Russia is planning to block a similar dump about the Kremlin. And Putin will be ruthless.
The U.S. officials declined to elaborate on the threat, citing classified intelligence.
Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, lends its help to shady weapons merchants in Moscow in return for a slice of the proceeds . Viktor Bout, the alleged arms dealer who was extradited to the US on Tuesday, could shed an embarrassing light on those connections if he testifies in court.
Ahmadinejad and Chavez cozy up to eliminate Western Dominance The leaders of Iran and Venezuela hailed what they called their strong strategic relationship on Wednesday, saying they are united in efforts to establish a “new world order” that will eliminate Western dominance over global affairs. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and visiting Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez,…
What the downfall of Moscow’s colorful mayor really says about the Kremlin
Today, I bring you, yes, Anna Chapman. In the middle of a heat wave, this hottie participated in a photoshoot with Russian tabloid Zhara (or “Heat” [Lord, the puns]), a rag on which she spent a long time deciding, fielding as she was, several offers to sell herself for her country yet again. But, it’s…
Khodorkovsky, The Prisoner who Unsettles Putin French publication Marianne’s special correspondent in Moscow, Anne Dastakian, comments in detail on Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s second trial. For Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the prosecution suffers from “legal schizophrenia”. Many celebrities, including US President, Barack Obama, support the former head of Yukos. Deported to Siberia and deprived of his oil company, Khodorkovsky,…