Author: Christopher Kenneth

Economy

Crisis-ridden 2009 ends, but leaves behind an agonizing legacy for global leaders

A major outcome of the current crisis is the final establishment of China as the biggest growth locomotive of the new global economy, as the gravity of international businesses shifts from the traditional financial hubs in the West to the rising economic ‘superstars’ in the East...

Nigerians use their Diaspora Day to highlight their nation’s business opportunities

The event follows a decision of the NIDO global parental organization for members to mark a Diaspora Day in their local communities and is aimed at tapping the potentials of all the Nigerian professionals abroad for the benefit of the nation’s development process...

Editorials

Truly free and fair elections are essential for a functional democracy

The government ought to know that it is its direct responsibility to ensure that elective governance does not become a farce in Russia and a barefaced mockery of a true democracy...

Business & Finance

SADC ambassadors sell the alliance’s business opportunities to Russian investors

Specifically, the envoys call on Russian strategic investors to complement their government’s rising interest and influence in the SADC region, and indeed, on the African continent...

Editorials

Medvedev’s precise diagnosis of Russia’s problems indicates readiness to solve them

The review was necessitated by his broad searches for new approaches, including recent public pleas to compatriots, to offer policy ideas on how to solve the nation's recalcitrant problems...

Politics

Vital lessons from the Obama’s U-Turn on U.S. antimissile defense policy

By this decision, the new U.S. president has once again highlighted his country’s indisputable greatness and his readiness to ‘right all the wrongs’ committed by the previous administration...

Politics

Blogging diplomacy highlights the gaping cleft in Russian-Ukrainian relations

The antipathy in the obviously strained bilateral relationships have been now become so personal that Russian leaders cannot even bear the presence of the Ukrainian president...

Editorials

Mob mentality hamstringing West’s deeper cooperation with Russia

Classical clinical manifestations of the destructive variant of this phenomenon are evident in the West’s contemporary ties with Russia on key issues of strategic cooperation of bi- and multilateral relevance to both parties and the entire global community...

Society

South African ambassador details his country’s plans and readiness for World Cup-2010

South African Ambassador Bheki Langa presented his country’s plans and programs for the World Cup 2010, aimed at making the FIFA-organized global sporting competition debut in Africa an unforgettable experience...

Editorials

A display of 'mechanical management' of economy against market forces

The term 'manual management,' frequently used by anti-Kremlin pundits in the West to describe Moscow's policies, is rapidly gaining popularity in and outside Russia...

Interviews

Mutual striving towards ‘diplomatic nirvana’ in bilateral relationships

H.E. Prabhat P. Shukla, the Indian ambassador to Russia, talked to TRCW on his country’s robust bilateral cooperation with Russia and other key aspects of their booming diplomatic ties in today’s rapidly changing world...

Special Industry Reports

Russia and India reaping the fruits of positive synergy from strategic partnership

A special report on India highlighting the key aspects of its robust bilateral ties with Russia on economic, trade, tourism, cultural and political cooperation on global issues...

Editorials

Kremlin boosting Russia’s position and influence in Africa

An unmistakable sign that the Kremlin is now really intent on boosting its old good ties with Africa is evident in the composition of Medvedev's entourage, which included top-ranking government officials and Russian business leaders...

Politics

Russia and EU search for points of common interests in pursuit of strategic cooperation

Russia and EU have once again confirmed their intent to deepening their cooperation and finding solutions to issues of bilateral importance at a summit in Khabarovsk...

Editorials

Worrying taxation initiatives from court officials

Of particular concern are the ‘extra judicial’ nature of debting defaulted taxpayers' bank accounts prescribed by the proposed amendments, and the fact that the proposals have come from the nation’s citadel of justice...

Business & Finance

Microsoft underscores Russia strategic importance with $300mln investment commitment

The management of Microsoft Corp. has reaffirmed its trust in Russia and its economy by pledging to commit R10bln (over $300mln) to the country over the next three years...

Editorials

Novaya Gazeta highlights the essence of press independence in Russia

By all standards and criteria, Novaya Gazeta, due to its rigid uncompromising position on several issues, would have been the last publication to be allowed to interview the Russian head of state. However, against all expectations, it turned out to be the first newspaper to earn such a high honor from the Kremlin...

Editorials

Russia will gain from the abrogation of its gender political inequality

At a Kremlin reception organized in honor of outstanding Russian women that have excelled in all spheres of human endeavors on the International Women’s Day, President Medvedev promised to remedy the growing female gender political inequalities’ in the country...

Editorials

Recurrent crises in Capitalism call for a new economic model

EU leaders gathered in Berlin in February ahead of the larger April G20 meeting in London to seek a new and better form of Capitalism, devoid of cyclical crises that have become the bane of today’s free market economy...

Economy

Russia and Europe have again fallen victims to Ukraine’s gas transit blackmail

In a typical display of the ‘deja-vu’ syndrome, Russia and other European countries were again at the epicenter of an avoidable energy crisis, as Ukraine resorted to gas transit blackmail...

Politics

Putin details Russia’s present and future in his Cabinet’s performance report

The report focused on the current economic crisis, the measures already taken by the Cabinet and those in pipeline to lift Russia out of the current global crisis a ‘stronger, more innovative and fully diversified economy’...

Politics

Obama to reboot relations with Russia and U.S. damaged image in the world

Veering away from Bush’s destructive unilateralism, President Obama pledges to cooperate more with Russia and the rest of the world, as he moves to revamp damaged U.S. ties...