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Strengthening the international legal system

February 22, 2012 Yevgeny Shestakov
Today Russia’s foreign policy is more than self-serving – it seeks to uphold the international institutions that have served the world as a whole for the last 60 years

Most Russians won’t support nationalists

February 21, 2012 Leokadia Drobizheva, Ogoniok magazine
Leokadia Drobizheva, the director of the Center for Study of Interethnic Relations of the Sociology Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, spoke to the Ogoniok magazine about nationalism in modern Russia

Campaigning on the street, online and in polling centers

February 20, 2012 Dmitry Kamyshev, Kommersant-Vlast
The newfound political activism among Russians is manifesting itself during this year’s presidential election campaign in three new ways – on the streets, on the Internet, and in the polling place

Can Russia call the U.S. normal?

February 15, 2012 Fyodor Lukyanov, RIA Novosti
The U.S. should be thankful for anti-American sentiment in Russia – Russia is the only country that still thinks the United States is capable of causing international chaos

Syria: Russia must look out for its own interests

February 14, 2012 Yevgeny Satanovsky
Moscow’s current strategy in the Middle East allows Russia to save face and bide its time

Putin divides Russian capitalism

February 14, 2012 Felix Goryunov
While recent protests show that the Russian public is breaking into two camps - one pro-Putin and one opposition, is the political elite also fracturing?

No future for Mars exploration?

February 13, 2012 Olga Zakutnyaya, Voice of Russia
A significant reduction in NASA’s funding for interplanetary exploration could force the European Space Agency to turn to Russia for help with it’s ExoMars project

Dealing with the migration bureaucracy

February 10, 2012 Julia Yakhina
Foreigners wishing to work in Russia and the companies that want to employ them face numerous hurdles and red tape

Four questions about Russia's future

February 10, 2012 Ben Aris
Will Prime Minister Vladimir Putin allow a second round in the March presidential election? Will he improve Russia's economic record? Who will be the next prime minister? Will the opposition find a good leader? These questions remain unanswered

Oil and sanctions are not a one-way bet

February 8, 2012 Colin Smith, VTB Capital
The EU agreement to an oil embargo and other measures on Iran marks the next ramp up in the sanctions pressure over Iran’s nuclear programme

Russia and China have valid reasons for UN position on Syria

February 7, 2012 Yevgeny Primakov, Special to Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Resolving the conflict in Syria requires taking into consideration the perspectives of all the parties involved, not just laying the blame at the feet of one side

What it would take to win the war against corruption?

February 7, 2012 Anatoly Golubev
Truly fighting the war against corruption requires both significant changes to Russia’s legal system and supranational efforts to stop hiding assets

For Putin, too little, too late

February 2, 2012 Konstantin Simonov, Vedomosti.ru
The government continues to propose ideas to win over the protestors, but so far they are only superficial.

Russia’s economy needs a change of strategy

January 31, 2012 Felix Goryunov
Russia’s position vis-à-vis China and the rest of the BRICS show that the decisions made two decades ago continue to plague the country and hold back its economic development. Can today’s politicians reverse the trend?

“We need a new economy”

January 31, 2012 Vladimir Putin, Special to Vedomosti
Russia beyond the Headlines publishes the abridged version of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's recent article, which appeared in the business daily Vedomosti.

Can we overcome the perception gap?

January 31, 2012 Ian Pryde
Russian businessmen in Davos were happy to talk about how Western investors have Russia all wrong, but were they really missing the point?

The Russian opposition’s bad date

January 26, 2012 Eugene Ivanov
Opposition leaders may think they have an ally in new U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul, but the situation could still blow up in their faces

Roskosmos at a crossroads

January 25, 2012 Ilya Kramnik
Can the Russian space industry embrace the major reforms needed to bring about successful missions?

Can a businessman make a good politician?

January 24, 2012 Ian Pryde
Are the skills learned in business school transferable to the political stage? Or are they not even much good for business leadership?

The world needs an Internet code of conduct, not regulations

January 24, 2012 Igor Shchegolev, Vedomosti.ru
U.S. moves to regulate the Internet go counter to the country’s claims about freedom and democracy
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