· February, 2009

Stories about Russia from February, 2009

Russia, U.S.: Biden's Remarks in Munich

  11 February 2009

Transatlantic Politics writes: “So Biden has made quite an impact with his “hit the reset button” with Russia remark at the Munich security conference over the week-end. But this comes as bad news for Eastern European countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic or Romania – hailed as “special partners”...

Russia: Debate on LJ and Propaganda

  11 February 2009

Matthew Bown of IZO responds to LJ user papasha-mueller (RUS), who took him “to task for a post last week (IZO) dealing with the Western powers’ attempts to influence the russian-language blogosphere.”

Russia, EU: Barroso's Criticism of Russia

  7 February 2009

George Iulian Jiglau writes this about Jose Manuel Barroso's criticism of Russia's human right record at Th!nk About It: “Do you risk the energetic safety of several EU member states for the sake of presenting yourself as the defender of human rights? Shouldn’t this kind of ‘concerns’ be left in...

Russia: EU and Human Rights

  7 February 2009

Following “a notable exchange between PM Vladimir Putin and EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso,” Robert Amsterdam writes: “In my opinion, it was about time that Europe woke up to the fact that it is not OK, it is not normal for the leadership of any country to say nothing...

Russia: Unemployment and Law Enforcement

  7 February 2009

RFE/RL's The Power Vertical writes: “Some 5.8 million Russians are currently out of work. By the end of this year, that figure is expected to rise as high as 7 million. One area that will not be hit by job losses, however, is law enforcement.”

Russia: Spamming Champions

  5 February 2009

Window on Eurasia writes: “Last year, the Russian Federation led the countries of the world as the source of spam messages that are filling up email boxes everywhere […].”

Russia: Maria Segeeva

  5 February 2009

Scraps of Moscow writes about Maria Sergeeva, a United Russia's youth wing activist: “She sort of has elements of a Russian Sarah Palin – spunky and down-to-earth, but also self-contradictory and determinedly dim-witted, and not really ready for prime time.”