Gary Kasparov is known for being a chess master. Now he is challenging the president of Russia for control of the country, calling it a battle to bring democracy back to the nation. With the help of my guest, Olaf Koens, in Moscow, we look at the details of Kasparov that...
Greetings once again from Brussels, city of long work hours and dreary office work. Today's item that has me pretty disappointed involves the Dutch government and the iron fisted oligarch that runs Russia. They've struck a deal so that the Dutch gas company now controls a higher percent...
As I periodically do on this blog, today I'm writing about how more and more obvious it becomes that the Russian Federation is run by an oligarchy. Not that its so unique, lots of nations are run by oligarchies, but let's stay on Russia today. Last weeks news that...
Packing.. packing.. and watching. Vladimir Putin. Democracy shmerocracy, as time goes on, he reminds me of all the former Russian presidents/dictators going all the way back to Stalin and maybe that Tsar guy who had poor health. I say this as I watch each report come in about...
