Although the December-January pricing spat between Russia and Ukraine focused attention on Europe’s dependence on outside sources of gas, the political/energy security nexus in East Asia has been acute for […]
Read MoreMOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – In November 1992, the president of the Kyrgyz Republic, Askar Akayev, a research physicist before going into politics, told me in an interview […]
Read MoreFollowing the disputes over energy with Ukraine in 2005-6 and the interruption to supplies to Georgia after bombs took down two electricity pylons on Jan. 21, 2006 and the gas […]
Read MoreMOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) The Western and Russian media – not quite so different Western critiques of press freedom in Russia look somewhat ironic against the background of […]
Read MoreMOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) Russia and Chechnya – and Stalin Chechnya is of course the black spot on Russia’s recent record. But it also shows the immense difficulty […]
Read MoreMOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) Introduction After returning to Frankfurt after my first extended stay in Moscow in 1988, my German Russian teacher agreed with my observation that the […]
Read MoreMOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) The inauguration of Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov on February 13 as the new president of Turkmenistan was notable for his speech announcing greater access to the […]
Read MoreRussia and China are becoming increasingly integrated in the global economy and both have stepped up their activity sharply in Africa, Latin America and Asia in recent years, trends that […]
Read MoreMOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – It is hardly surprising that the main headline in the Western media from President Putin’s annual press conference with Russian and international journalists […]
Read MoreAlthough Russia reaped much criticism recently for consolidating its energy sector under state control, its management of windfall oil revenues has been more politically and economically correct. The value of […]
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