I hesitate to add to the already rampant coverage of the Russian spies that were swapped today in Vienna, but as someone who cares about our bilateral relationship, I feel a need to weigh in on the topic. True this is the largest swap of spies in decades and therefore deserves to be observed and [...]
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Russian Spies and the US-Russia Relationship
Posted in US-Russia Relations, tagged Russia, US-Russia Relations, Spies on July 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Moving to Energy Efficiency
Posted in Business, US-Russia Relations, tagged Russia, US Russia, energy efficiency on April 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There has been much in the press lately about Russia’s need and interest in becoming more energy-efficient. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) just published a report on the “Energy Sector and Sustainable Development.” It is comprehensive report (all 170 pages), which lays out the human and economic impacts if Russia continues as an energy [...]
Russia Closes Last Plutonium Reactor
Posted in US-Russia Relations, tagged Russia, US Russian, nuclear reactors on April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At 4am on April 15th, Russia closed down its last plutonium plant in Zheleznogorsk. Although this came at the end of a very successful nonproliferation meeting in Washington, DC this closure has been in the works for at least a decade. I know Zheleznogorsk well. FRAEC worked with the Department of Energy for seven years [...]
Celebrating 20 Years
Posted in US-Russia Relations, tagged Russia, US-Russia Relations, Vladimir Pozner, Business, Community, Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation on November 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last Thursday night, November 19th, the Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation celebrated our 20th Anniversary with an evening gala featuring keynote speaker Vladimir Pozner. It was a very successful event by all accounts. Pozner’s remarks focused on the importance and the challenge of truly building a partnership between Russia and America. It was a [...]
Are US–Russia Relationships Improving?
Posted in US-Russia Relations on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On my way back to Seattle from Sakhalin I read an article in the St. Petersburg Times entitled “The Country Russia Loves to Hate” by Vladimir Ryzhkov, a former Duma deputy and now a host of a political talk show on Ekho Moskvy radio. He cites a poll recently conducted by the Levada Center indicating [...]
A Meeting of Shared Interests
Posted in Business, US-Russia Relations, Uncategorized on October 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Spark and exploit” new opportunities was one of the messages at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Russian American Pacific Partnership (RAPP) held on Sakhalin Island this week. U.S. and Russian federal leaders listened to the issues in our trans-pacific relationship. Just less than one month away from the first meeting of the Presidential Bilateral [...]
FRAEC on Public Exposure
Posted in Business, US-Russia Relations on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It has been a while since I have posted on the blog. It has been busy: we have had a delegation from Belarus in town, a kick off of our 20th Anniversary and several members of our city partnerships traveled to Russia. I also had the opportunity to be on a live show called Public [...]
A Soft Start Before the Real Work Begins
Posted in Business, US-Russia Relations on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Much has been written in the press about the Obama-Medvedev summit this week in Moscow. By now people are analyzing the results, whether or not much was accomplished and whether the Russian people really care about Obama’s visit to Russia. It is noteworthy that this is the first summit in 7 years and that there [...]
