Author: vgorbich

On January 22, the BBC reported that the U.S. State Department had stripped the credentials of five honorary Russian consuls.  This included the honorary consul for Minnesota, Raymond Johnson, who had served in the position since 2004.  It appears that the decision to strip the credentials was not a personal but a political move:  retaliation for what…

The importance of successfully integrating business and education is increasingly important to economic growth in Russia, as evidenced by the recent meeting between Putin and  the Presidential Council for Science and Education. Putin addressed the Council, citing the need to increase the pace of innovation in Russia which, despite having three universities included on the…

Contradiction surrounds many things in Russia. This is true for the Russian economy, which continues to be mired in recession due in large part to the continued fall of global oil prices. Despite these conditions, Mark Adomanis writes in Forbes  that the Russian capital is in the midst of a housing construction boom, breaking previous…