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.

The Year of the Snake: are US-Russia relations entering a new Ice Age?

Posted on January 10, 2013

(This piece originally appeared on Russia Beyond the Headlines) In December 2012, Kommersant daily reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin was presented with a new concept of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation, which had been prepared at his request by … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Eurasian Union, European Union, Federation Council, Kommersant, New concept of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation, President Barack Obama, President Vladimir Putin, Russia Beyond the Headlines, Sen. John Kerry, State Duma, the Dima Yakovlev law, the Jackson-Vanik amendment, the Magnitsky Act, the Year of the Snake, Vyacheslav Volodin | 22 Comments

Was the Magnitsky Act Inevitable?

Posted on December 29, 2012

(This piece originally appeared on Russia Beyond the Headlines) In the closing days of the year, all the attention has suddenly turned on Russian parliamentarians: ignoring the distractions of the looming holiday break, they produced a “symmetric” response to the Magnitsky … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bill Browder, Dmitry Livanov, European Union, Novaya Gazeta, President Obama, president Putin, Russia Beyond the Headlines, Sergei Lavrov, the Dima Yakovlev law, the Federation Council, the Magnitsky Act, the State Duma | 28 Comments

The Magnitsky Lesson

Posted on December 22, 2012

This piece originally appeared in Komsomolskaya Pravda: In the rush of the looming holiday season, Russia’s State Duma is hastily preparing the so-called Dima Yakovlev law, a “symmetric” response to the Magnitsky Act that has just been adopted by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bill Browder, Dima Yakovlev law, Duma, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Magnitsky Act, Sergei Magnitsky | 6 Comments

However half-heartedly, Moscow welcomes Obama’s re-election

Posted on November 10, 2012

(This piece originally appeared on Russia Beyond the Headlines) It’s over. The long and expensive, yet highly entertaining political show called the American presidential election campaign came to an end in the early hours of Nov. 7. By winning 50 percent … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Hillary Clinton, Hurricane Sandy, Kremlin, Mitt Romney, President George W. Bush, President Obama, Russia Beyond the Headlines, Sen. John Kerry | 16 Comments

A crisis to remember

Posted on October 14, 2012

(This piece originally appeared on Russia Beyond the Headlines) I was eight when the Cuban Missile Crisis happened. Believe it or not, I remember it well.  For a kid of my age, I was remarkably interested in politics, and reading newspapers … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cuban Missile Crisis, Fidel Castro, JFK, Moscow-Washington hotline, Mutually Assured Destruction, Nikita Khrushchev, Pravda, President Kennedy, Russia Beyond the Headlines, The Ivanov Report | 4 Comments

Conveying the message

Posted on October 4, 2012

They say that words account for only 7% of the message you convey. The remaining 93% is non-verbal, being transmitted through the tone of your voice and your body language. I wonder what would have happened if yesterday, during the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2012 presidential election, clean energy, Dodd-Frank, health-care law, Mitt Romney, President Obama, presidential debates, presidential election in the United States, tax cuts | 4 Comments

Obama or Romney: Who would Russians choose?

Posted on September 13, 2012

(This piece originally appeared on Russia Beyond the Headlines) It’s safe to say that Russians are fed up with presidential elections. Having gone through a high-profile presidential election campaign at the beginning of the year – a campaign accompanied by heated and often … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Democratic Party, Jewish immigration, Levada Center, Medicare, Mitt Romney, New START nuclear arms control treaty, President George W. Bush, President George W. H. Bush, President Obama, President Ronald Reagan, presidential election in the United States, Republican Party, Russia Beyond the Headlines, Social Security, the “Russian vote”, Vladimir Churov | 11 Comments