Archive February 2010
The Plan for the Modernization of Russia
Ariel Cohen and Georgy Satarov discuss the plan for modernization in Russia in light of Vladislav Surkov’s recent statements.
Intelligence Chief Names Oligarchs as Criminals – Kick-off For the US Campaign to Back Medvedev for Re-election
John Helmer, for the Global Post, discusses the relationship between Russia’s political elites and the country’s oligarchs in the post-Yeltsin period.
Åslund: The End Seems Near for the Putin Model
Anders Åslund, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, comments that recent events in Moscow have left one clear impression: The Putin model of crony state capitalism is dead.
Documentary Provides Proper Context to Appreciate Khodorkovsky’s Story
Film critic Joe Bendel reviews “Vlast,” a new documentary directed by Cathryn Collins about the trials of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the state’s destruction of YUKOS, which is now showing as part of MOMA’s Documentary Fortnight 2010.
Medvedev’s Problems Would be Solved is Khodorkovsky was Acquitted
Stanislav Belkovsky, head of the National Strategy Institute in Russia, believes that many of President Medvedev’s problems would be solved if Khodorkovsky and Lebedev were freed.
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