Vladimir Sarkisyants explains why Azerbaijani and Armenian officials couldn’t even agree to meet again over a protracted conflict. In the shadow of the unbaiting protests in Ukraine that stole the headlines, another event in the former Soviet space took place last month. On January 24, the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan – accompanied by … Continue reading
The news to 21 October 2013 Alexei Navalny, the Moscow mayoral candidate and anti-corruption campaigner, was given a suspended sentence following a conviction for fraud. The charge, widely seen as politically motivated, had been seen as a way of silencing Navalny, but defeat in an apparently honest municipal in Moscow gave the regime a degree … Continue reading
The news to 13 October 2013 Race riots broke out last night in Moscow, following rumours that an ethnic Russian has been killed by a Central Asian immigrant. More than a thousand people were reportedly detained by the authorities following the violence. Presidential hopeful and oppositionist, Alexei Navalny used the occasion to blame Vladimir Putin … Continue reading
The news to 4 August 2013 Russia granted Edward Snowden temporary asylum. The alleged leaker has now left the Moscow airport where he has been staying for five weeks. The White House indicated that President Obama may boycott a bilateral meeting with President Putin scheduled to take place in September as a response to Russia’s … Continue reading
News up to 23 March The posthumous trial of Sergey Magnitsky commenced in Moscow on Friday, a few days after Russia’s Investigative Committee cancelled the investigation into his death. Magnitsky was imprisoned on accusations of defrauding the state through unpaid taxes. Prior to this Magnitsky, who died in prison custody in 2009, had alleged large-scale … Continue reading
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