Author Archives: Eugene Ivanov

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About Eugene Ivanov

Eugene Ivanov is a PMI-certified Innovation Management Consultant who helps organizations increase the efficiency of their internal and external innovation programs.

Boston blast: miles to go after the marathon

Posted on April 23, 2013

(This piece originally appeared on Russia Beyond the Headlines) Many Americans call Boston a boring city, and to a certain extent, I agree. Compared to Washington, DC or New York City, Boston lacks the patronizing self-assurance of the former or in-your-face … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 9/11, Beslan, Boston blast, Boston Marathon, Dubrovka Theater siege, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, lockdown, Moscow Metro blasts, Oklahoma City bombing, Run to Remember, Russia Beyond the Headlines, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Times Square | 2 Comments

Dead souls in Moscow

Posted on March 19, 2013

(This piece originally appeared on Russia Beyond the Headlines) The news about the posthumous trial of Sergei Magnitsky, a tax auditor who died in a Moscow pre-trial detention facility in 2009, has sent a tsunami wave of excitement, almost exhilaration, through the … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Franz Kafka, Hermitage Capital, Magnitsky Act, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nicolai Gogol, Pavel Karpov, Russia Beyond the Headlines, Sergei Magnitsky, William Browder | Leave a comment

Unknown knowns

Posted on February 25, 2013

In Risk Management, there are three major categories of risk: Known knowns: these are risks that can be identified at the outset of a project and the outcome of which can be more or less reliably predicted. Rising labor and … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, APEC, APEC summit in Vladivostok, “bridge to nowhere”, bridge to the Russian Island, Donald Rumsfeld, IOC, known knowns, known unknowns, Risk Management, Stuff happens, Triple Constraint Model, Unknown unknowns | 4 Comments

The price tag

Posted on February 19, 2013

Last September, in Vladivostok, Russia hosted the annual meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries. This July, in Kazan, Russia hosts the Summer Universiade. Next February, the Winter Olympic Games will take place in Sochi. In 2018, the final tournament of … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2012 APEC Summit, 2013 Kazan Universiade, 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, 2018 World FIFA Soccer Cup, après nous le déluge, откаты, president Putin, Russian Island, World Festival of Youth and Students | 9 Comments

Same-sex diplomacy

Posted on February 5, 2013

(This piece originally appeared on Russia Beyond the Headlines) Last week, the U.S. Senate confirmed John Forbes Kerry, a Democratic senator from Massachusetts (1985-2013) as the 68th United States Secretary of State. Kerry became the second U.S. senator in a row—after … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Condoleezza Rice, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Iran’s nuclear program, Middle East peace process, New START nuclear arms reduction treaty, President Barack Obama, President Vladimir Putin, Russia Beyond the Headlines, Russia’s “near abroad", Sen. John Kerry, Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, United Nations | 11 Comments

Toughening the message

Posted on January 27, 2013

In one of my recent posts, I wrote that the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had prepared a new concept of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation. President Vladimir Putin was supposed to sign the document by the end of 2012. But he … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Duma, enemy at the gates, Evgeniy Fedorov, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Kommersant, Kremlin, New concept of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation, President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Department of State, United Russia | 4 Comments

The Headless Horseman

Posted on January 21, 2013

It has become conventional wisdom that the Russian opposition has no plan. So much conventional it appears that recently this claim was repeated by the star of the French cinema and newly-minted Russian citizen Gérard Depardieu, someone who can’t be … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Democratic Choice, Gérard Depardieu, Just Russia, KPRF, Kremlin, LDPR, Opposition Coordination Council, PARNAS, People's Freedom Party, Putin's Plan, Rossiya 24 TV Channel, State Duma, United Russia, Vladimir Putin, Yabloko Party | 7 Comments