American witness: Blogging Russian life
(Moscow News – themoscownews.com – Nathan Gray – July 29, 2013) For Oklahoma native Jennifer Eremeeva, what started as a childhood fascination turned her into a guide of Russian life. Eremeeva’s...
View ArticleHow former Soviet countrymen resettle in Russia
(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Lyudmila Nazdracheva, special to RBTH – September 26, 2013) This year, thanks to a program that facilitates the return of nationals to Russia, around 15,000...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: Russia Among 7 Best Countries for Expatriates
MOSCOW, October 31 (RIA Novosti) Russia was named seventh best country for expatriates in an annual survey involving more than 7,000 expats worldwide and described as one of the largest of its kind....
View ArticleMoscow Times: Russia Beats U.S. and Japan as Best Place to Live for Expats,...
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – October 24, 2014) Russia has ranked 17th on HSBC Bank’s annual list of the of the world’s best countries for expats, beating other destinations like Japan, France...
View ArticleExpats in Russia: No longer a boom – but not all doom and gloom
(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Bryan MacDonald, special to RBTH – March 30, 2015) The ruble’s calamitous fall against the euro and dollar this winter and a well-publicised recession makes...
View ArticleEconomic Crisis Driving Foreigners Out of Russia – Experts
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Daria Litvinova – July 21, 2015) Foreigners that used to live and work in Russia are now fleeing en masse, the Federal Migration Service has revealed. Since January...
View ArticleSnowman warms to Russia as Western stars seek new home
(Business New Europe – bne.eu – Nick Allen in Warsaw – September 18, 2015) If you can right hook or roundhouse with the best of them, or rattle off 100 uses for a giant nose, then the door to Russia...
View ArticleSchooling in Moscow: A Mixed Bag
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Vasily Kolotilov – January 25, 2016) “Some of the boys called my son “Obama’s little spy,” says Jynks Burton. “But they’re at that age I suppose, always looking for...
View ArticleTRANSCRIPT: “Dmitry Medvedev attended the Global Forum “Solidarity with Russia”
(Government.ru – August 29, 2016) The Global Forum “Solidarity with Russia” has been organised by the Russkiy Mir Foundation to discuss current issues and to consolidate Russians living abroad....
View ArticleRussian Emigres in New York Unfazed by Sanctions Fallout; U.S.-Russia...
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Evan Gershkovich – August 18, 2017) NEW YORK – U.S. President Donald Trump begrudgingly signed off on the latest round of sanctions against Russia early in August...
View ArticleRe: Russia’s Americans
Subject: “Russia’s Americans” Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 From: Deena Stryker <deenstryk@gmail.com> Recently Johnson’s Russia List ran a story about the dearth of Russian experts available to...
View ArticlePutin approves of initiative on Foreign Ministry commission monitoring...
MOSCOW. Oct 30 (Interfax) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has supported human rights defenders’ proposal on setting up a special commission in the Russian Foreign Ministry in order to monitor the...
View ArticleMoscow has Complex System to Run Agents of Influence Abroad, Khmelnitsky Says
(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, August 26, 2018) As Moscow’s geopolitical isolation has increased, Dmitry Khmelnitsky says, the role of its agents of influence abroad and the enormously...
View Article“Sara’s Century” Podcast
Subject: “Sara’s Century” podcast Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 16:43:23 +0000 From: BARBARA T NORTON <btnorton@widener.edu> I wanted bring to your attention a fascinating new podcast serial, “Sara’s...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Arms For All? Khodorkovsky Says Russians Need Guns”– RFE/RL/ Timur...
“Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a staunch Kremlin critic who went from Russia’s wealthiest man to its highest-profile inmate, remains upbeat about the country he fled upon his release from...
View ArticleRussia Makes Progress When It Looks Outward and Suffers When It Turns in on...
(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, April 5, 2019) Yezhednevny zhurnal offers another chapter from Vladislav Inozemtsev’s new book, An Uncontemporary Country, a chapter that demonstrates that...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH VIDEO: “Russia’s Democracy: What Happens After Putin?”– CFR
“Mikhail Khodorkovsky provides his perspective on the domestic political climate in Russia, prospects for democratic change, and the future of U.S.-Russia relations.” (Council on Foreign Relations –...
View Article‘Modernized’ Homo Sovieticus in Emigration Supports Trump, Eidman Says
(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, July 6, 2020) Some analysts like Yury Felshtinsky argue that many Russian-speaking emigres in the US support Donald Trump because of their “common racism,”...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Russian Diaspora Aims to Inform and Influence Ahead of Duma...
The Vote Abroad initiative is a decentralized, grassroots movement organized online across more than 40 countries. (Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Brawley Benson – WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 9, 2021)...
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