Losing Touch
(Moscow-on-Thames) Pity the central bankers. In a recent policy briefing, the Central Bank of Russia fretted openly that monetary policy – specifically, the Bank’s ability to stimulate or dampen economic growth by…
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Goode: Most Russians do not distinguish between Western sanctions and Putin’s own counter-sanctions
(Al-Jazeera) A British bank has withdrawn banking services from Russia's state-owned news channel RT, drawing condemnation from Moscow. The decision by NatWest, which is due to come into force in December,…
Finkel: Trump’s status as a Washington outsider is a big part of his appeal to voters who remember life in the Soviet Union
(Quartz) “I think he represents what I am for,” says Sirota, her eye fixed on the window facing the street, watching for potential customers. “I like what he promises, I…
Will Russia join the OPEC decision to limit oil output?
(Russia Direct) The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which consists of states that produce about one-third of crude oil globally, suffers from several structural problems that it has been unable to…
Parallel Lines
(Moscow-on-Thames) The headline is stunning: Berlin. Grozny. Aleppo. Alongside pictures of the destruction of Aleppo, the New York Times draws a straight line through three points in history. The text…
“Politkovskaya’s Warning” and Russian War Crimes in Syria
(EDM) Last Friday (October 7) marked ten years since the murder of Novaya Gazeta journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya. And while her killer and several accomplices were convicted, the mastermind of…
Omelicheva: We need to dig deeper into Russia’s own views of international politics
(KU) As Vladimir Putin recently withdrew from a landmark nuclear agreement, policymakers and media pointed it out as the latest sign of deterioration of Russian relations with the United States. This follows…
Smyth: With Carnegie’s generous award we can enrich the training of the next generation of scholars focused on Russia
(IU Bloomington) Carnegie Corporation of New York has awarded Indiana University’s Russian and East European Institute $1 million to create a Russian Studies Workshop and bolster Russian studies at IU. With the grant,…
Pavel Podvig “literally wrote the book on Russia’s nuclear program”
(Foreign Policy) The other day, a little present arrived in the mail. It was book, or rather a pair of doorstops. Titled Doomed to Cooperate, the massive two-volume set is about…
Sound and Fury [AUDIO]
(BBC World Service Radio) Interview with Sam Greene about Vladimir Putin's latest actions at home and abroad. Greene is the director of the Russia Institute at King's College London and…