Russia’s authorities to tighten migration legislature
February 3, 2012 Pavel Koshkin
The country’s Federal Migration Service has fleshed out Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s proposals to restrict immigration
Looking toward an IPO
February 3, 2012 Gazeta.ru
Pavel Durov, is the founder and co-owner of Russia’s leading social network VKontakte, talked to Gazeta.ru about Facebook and the challenges of going public
Will the election outcome increase investments?
February 1, 2012 Anna Reznikova, RBC Daily
Development in Russia is hindered by political uncertainty, but the March 4 elections will not in itself result in the change needed to encourage foreign investors
Economic rise: all talk, no action?
January 30, 2012 Pavel Koshkin
Vladimir Putin’s recent article published in business daily Vedomosti has experts guessing at the prime minister’s intentions
The Russian elite distances itself from Putin
January 27, 2012 Moritz Gathmann
Duma member Ilya Ponomarev is one of the leaders of the anti-government protests that have shaken the Russian capital. RBTH’s Moritz Gathmann talked to Ponomarev about the demands the protestors are making and what they hope to accomplish
The portrait of a protester: To go or not to go?
February 2, 2012 Dmitry Zaika
Will Muscovites take to the streets for the next scheduled protest on Feb. 4? Russia Beyond the Headlines’ Dmitry Zaika tried to find out
Discontented Russia
February 1, 2012 Viktor Dyatlikovich
The post-election protests have changed the political situation in Russia. But is it enough to influence the results of the 2012 presidential campaign?
Russian songs are popular the world over – maybe because of their overwhelming emotional recounting of universal themes
RBTH catches up with American ballet dancer David Hallberg who joined the Bolshoi Ballet as a principal last summer and shared his experience
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Baritone Dmitry Hvorostovsky returns to New York's Metropolitan Opera in beginning of February as King Carlos in Verdi’s opera “Ernani”
Russian IT market faces cloudy future
February 1, 2012 Vsevolod Pulya
The Russian IT market is growing fast, but the number of problems that have come to the forefront are proving to be a serious threat
Russian money for U.S. films
January 24, 2012 Sergei Sobolev, Seda Yegikian, Kommersant
Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky sets up a fund for making films for the American market
Venturing out
January 23, 2012 Yuliana Petrova, Secret Firmy magazine
Venture capital funds are springing up in Russia investing both money and know-how into innovative start-ups
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Russian Railways plans international expansion
January 27, 2012 Tatiana Shadrina, Rossiyskaya Gazeta
New gauge systems will allow Russian trains to travel more easily to Europe while Russian Railways explores development in other parts of the world
Davos participants look for new economic model
January 26, 2012 Ekaterina Kravchenko, Mikhail Overchenko, Vedomosti.ru
The participants in the World Economic Forum think the global crisis will worsen and they intend to try to shape a new economic growth model based on the experience of developing economies
U.S.-Russia Civil Society Working Group to get less civil
January 26, 2012 Andrei Kozenko, Ivan Safronov-Jr., Vladimir Solovyov, Yelena Chernenko, Alexander Gabuev, Kommersant
With co-chairs who have already expressed vastly different views of the world and of human rights, one branch of the U.S.-Russia Presidential Commission could suddenly find itself in the spotlight
For Putin, too little, too late
February 2, 2012 Konstantin Simonov, Vedomosti.ru
The government continues to propose ideas to win over the protestors, but so far they are only superficial.
Russia’s economy needs a change of strategy
January 31, 2012 Felix Goryunov
Russia’s position vis-à-vis China and the rest of the BRICS show that the decisions made two decades ago continue to plague the country and hold back its economic development. Can today’s politicians reverse the trend?
Russian clowns
January 11, 2012 Kim Palchikoff
What was once known as the classical Russian circus has now become something more akin to characters you’ll find in a theater – odd, creative, esoteric even.
Spending New Year's Day in Moscow
December 30, 2011 Lara McCoy Roslof
I grew up in the American south. It never snowed. Therefore it must be absolutely fabulous to spend New Year’s Eve in Russia!
