Entrance to an IKEA store in Rostov, Russia. As economy is sliding down, and even the construction of the Moscow City is up in the air, one would think that Russians, and Kremlin especially,...

Journalist Anna Politkovskaya, killed in 2006 in what appeared to be a contract murder. Political killings have declined in recent years in Russia, but still tend to blot Russia's image in the...

by Oleg Elshin Executive Director, EastKommerts Investment Group, Moscow A year ago I by chance witnessed a very unusual situation in a London street. Just next to the Bank of England around thirty Englishmen queued up outside a Northern Rock bank ...

Presidents Barack Obama and Dimitry Medvedev at their first meeting on April 1, 2009 in London, UK There is no shortage of solicited and unsolicited advisors and pieces of advice for the upcoming...

Fans grieve Jackson’s death in downtown St Petersburg (image from NTV news report) Today, undoubtedly, the biggest world news is the unexpected death of Michael Jackson, the only true King of...