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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Russia’
Russian Spies and the US-Russia Relationship
Posted in US-Russia Relations, tagged Russia, Spies, US-Russia Relations on July 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Moving to Energy Efficiency
Posted in Business, US-Russia Relations, tagged energy efficiency, Russia, US Russia 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 nuclear reactors, Russia, US Russian 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 Business, Community, Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation, Russia, US-Russia Relations, Vladimir Pozner on November 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
