Last week I wrote that it would be wise if the Russian Prime Minister visited the site of derailment of the Nevsky Express passenger train on its way from Moscow to St. Petersburg. That crash, which investigators...
opinion by Aris Jansons | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago 52 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
NowPublic already reported today that several carriages came off the tracks as an express passenger train was en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg in Russia.The President of the Russian Federation Dmitry...
opinion by Aris Jansons | 3 wks ago | updated 3 wks ago 113 views | 52 recommendations | 3 comments
Headquartered in Moscow, Lukoil is Russia's largest oil company and world’s second largest public company (next to ExxonMobil) in terms of proven oil and gas reserves. Recently on a visit to Moscow with my...
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While the eight Russian-origin hijackers of the cargo ship the Arctic Sea originally claimed to be environmentalists when they boarded the vessel in the Baltic Sea in Swedish waters on July 24, it is not...
opinion by Aris Jansons | 17 wks ago | updated 3 wks ago 396 views | 22 recommendations | 2 comments
The question is not whether the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has been making a choice between Moscow and the West. The issue is primarily about dairy products. The ban on import of almost all...
opinion by Aris Jansons | 26 wks ago | updated 26 wks ago 143 views | 30 recommendations | 1 comment
Lately the Russian energy management officials have been more often expressing their opinion that the 2,400 MW Baltic Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project scheduled to be implemented in Russia’s Kaliningrad area could become a regional one. The recent press publications also...
opinion by Aris Jansons | 35 wks ago | updated 35 wks ago 101 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The likelihood of construction of the controversial $12 billion Nord Stream dual 1,220 km gas pipeline from Russia to the Gulf of Finland and across the Baltic Sea to Germany has apparently moved away due to current economic situation. According to information received from...
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The Russian-language newspaper Chas, issued in the Latvian capital city of Riga, has been instigating a version of desire of a Russian banker to become the next Prime Minister of Latvia. Media outlets in Russia...
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Latvian Prime Minister’s trip to Belarus these days coincided with the visit to Minsk by the European Union’s (EU) High Representative Javier Solana. If only Ivars Godmanis of Latvia was a bit rounder the Baltic neighbour of Belarus could proudly swagger as a EU...
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Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan, arrived today on a state visit to the Baltic country of Latvia. At the Latvian-Tajikistan Business Forum the same day, Latvian President Valdis Zatlers and the President of...
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