Russia
Putin’s Popularity Rises in Russia, Drops Among Americans, Polls Say
By By Zoe Strozewski
Mar 30, 2022
Approval numbers regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin's activities since the start of the Russia-Ukraine War have seen a...
Russian Businessmen Offered Ukraine Support, Says President Zelensky
During an interview with Russian journalists Zelensky said he had received signals of support from Russian businessmen, including Roman Abramovich.
March 28, 2022
Kyiv: President Volodymyr...
The United States, the Russian Oligarchs and the looting of the...
The Harvard Boys Do Russia
After seven years of economic “reform” financed by billions of dollars in U.S.
By Janine R. Wedel
May 14, 1998
After seven years...
Zelensky Asked Biden To Not Sanction Billionaire Oligarch Abramovich, Report Says
By Lisa Kim
Mar 23, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked President Joe Biden to delay imposing sanctions on the Russian billionaire oligarch Roman Abramovich so...
The Czar of post-Soviet privatisations quits Russia
Senior Russian official leaves country, allegedly over situation in Ukraine
Anatoly Chubais, special presidential envoy for relations with int'l organizations, resigns, leaves Russia, says source
By...
The consequences of the economic War against Russia
The American Foreign Affairs has published two interesting articles on the consequences of the massive economic sanctions on Russia.
The Toll of Economic War
How Sanctions...
Putin Lashes Out at ‘National Traitors’ with Pro-Western Views
March 18, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave strongly worded comments on Russians who he says betray their country by holding a pro-Western worldview:
"They ...
Russia’s war in Ukraine may ‘fundamentally alter’ global economic, political order...
By Andrea Shalal
Mar 16, 2022
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will affect the entire global economy by slowing growth and jacking up inflation,...
Russia says quitting Council of Europe
Mar 15, 2022
Strasbourg (France) (AFP) – Russia said Tuesday it would pull out of the Council of Europe after pressure mounted for Moscow to...
Oligarchs want Russia not to cut relations with the West
Russian oligarch criticizes Putin's plans to seize assets of foreign companies, saying it will take the country back to the turbulent days of the...