FT: Kiev debt costs rise over Moscow worries
The cost of insuring Ukraine’s debt against restructuring or default rose to its highest since the 2004 Orange Revolution on Tuesday, as investors fretted that the Kremlin’s spat with the west could spill over into a vast country of 46m people that straddles the divide between a resurgent Russia and the European Union. →
FT: Nato tells Russia: no ‘new line’ in Europe
Nato warned Russia on Tuesday that it could not draw a “new line” in Europe preventing Georgia and other countries from joining the western military alliance if they wished to do so. →
TOL: Moscow’s Power Divide
The Georgian crisis shows that an emergent force could sideline both Medvedev and Putin.
WASHINGTON | Dmitry Medvedev inherited the post of president of the Russian Federation from Vladimir Putin, and while Putin moved down the pecking order and became prime minister, there has been a great deal of speculation about an eventual split between Russia’s two highest leaders. →