Steve LeVine covers foreign affairs for Business Week. He previously was correspondent for Central Asia and the Caucasus for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times for 11 years. His first book, The Oil and the Glory, a history of the former Soviet Union through the lens of oil, was published in October 2007. Putin’s Labyrinth, his new book, profiles Russia through the lives and deaths of six Russians. The updated paperback was released in April 2009.
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Monday, July 7, 2008
Update: Brown and Medvedev in Japan
The British papers report that Britain's Gordon Brown made no progress with Dmitri Medvedev today in the Litvinenko murder case (see item below), nor in persuading the Russian leader to intervene in a row between BP and its Russian partners in the TNK-BP oil venture. Without sourcing, the Financial Times provides the most complete -- and colorful -- version of the pair's meeting at the G-8 summit in Japan. Here is a more straight-forward account from the BBC.
I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
A gripping account of a fascinating — and little known — region.
LeVine brings to life the tycoons, inventors, politicians
and crooks of the Caspian.
The result is a vivid, compelling, and
wonderfully written account of a crucial part of the world.
Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel laureate in economics
For years, Steve LeVine produced relentless, solid
reporting about the southern tier of the former
Soviet Union.
Here, he more than puts it all together. He takes the story to an historical level,
thereby producing a great read about the Caspian oil boom.
Robert D. Kaplan, Author of "Balkan Ghosts"
No one knows the murky world of American politics, international oil and
corporate corruption in the Caspian better than Steve LeVine.
This is an unforgettable story about forgettable fixers and forgettable governments out
for the big bucks.
Seymour M. Hersh, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author
LeVine’s merry romp through the new oil Klondike of the 21st century is a page turner chronicling the exotic activities of oligarchs, oil majors, explorers, crooks, wheeler dealers, pipeline builders, and Caspian politicians. We will hear more about this colorful cast if Russia continues to flex its muscles on energy supplies in the region.
With fresh insights into the Chechen wars and Putin’s post-presidency plans, LeVine’s important take on the all-too-real
machinations and bloodthirstiness from which espionage thrillers are made is both unnerving and intriguing.
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I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
Ruth
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Thanks Ruth. Welcome! Best Steve
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