Monday, January 30, 2006

Yakovlev - An Architect of the Perestroika

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On 18 October 2005, one of the great architects of the Perestroika , Aleksandr Yakovlev, passed away. In commeration of Yakovlev, I here pub...
Monday, January 23, 2006

Russian-Ukrainian Gas Crisis: Profits vs Politics

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The recent gas crisis between Russia and Ukraine has raised fears - not least in the EU - that Moscow is increasingly using energy as a pol...
Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Russia restrains West on Iran's nuclear programme

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As reported by international media, US and EU relations with Iran have recently turned for the worse because of Iran's unilateral decisi...
Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Putin aide resigns in protest

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Putin's presidential advisor on economic issues, Andrey Illarionov, today resigned in protest against "the end of political freedom...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

"Putin's mission is to fail"

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"Putin's mission is to fail with authoritarian modernisation," Russian political analyst Lilia Shevtsova declared during a rec...
Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Putin on surprise visit to Grozny

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President Putin yesterday paid a surprise visit to Chechen capital Grozny, BBC reports . The purpose was to attend the opening of the newly ...
Monday, December 12, 2005

A litmus test turned sour?

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On December 4, elections were held for the Moscow Duma. They were seen as a rehearsal for the 2007 parliamentary and the 2008 presidential e...

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Dear visitor , By now long overdue, I welcome you to my personal weblog. Here you will find comments on current events, primarily concerning...