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“New players and new stakes in a new gas war”

by Anders Aslund

2 February 2006

Between 2000 and 2001, Ukraine and Russia adopted reforms to limit gas prices that benefited the oligarchs. A contract was signed between the two countries as well as an agreement on prices. After the orange revolution, Russia and Ukraine made known their discontent with regard to the said (...)

“Moving the Goalposts for Khodorkovski”

by Masha Gessen

27 September 2005

I felt disappointed about the publication of the survey results conducted in the district of Moscow University. The said poll indicated that 28% of the voters had stated they were willing to vote for Michael Khodorkovski. This situation was supposed to make me happy about the candidate and (...)

“The World Needs a Strong Russia”

by Alexander Vershbow

3 May 2005

It is clear that the economic dimension of the US-Russian relationship has a strong potential for mutual gain. Russia’s economic future will depend on its options and today it is in a dilemma: either it follows the state model and an economic recession takes place or it opens its economy, (...)