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Russians assess the country's new government

May 24, 2012 Dmitry Babich
While the Western press was busy counting the number of Putin's and Medvedev's men in the new Russian government, the Russian people view developments in the cabinet of ministers from a whole different angle

Creating demand at home

May 21, 2012 Andrei Bunich
Russia’s efforts to diversify the economy must focus on creating demand for modernization at home rather than only exporting products abroad

The street has turned to the left

May 16, 2012 Dmitry Oreshkin, Ogoniok magazine
What do the events of May 6-7 say about the future of the Russian protest movement?

A hundred steps upward to encourage business

May 16, 2012 Alexei Kvasov, Vedomosti.ru
Vladimir Putin has determined his main economic goal for his new presidential term – for Russia to rise 100 places in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings, from 120th to 20th

Russia’s balancing act

May 14, 2012 Vasily Kashin, Vedomosti.ru
It would be wrong to see Putin’s refusal to attend the G8 summit at Camp David as a sign of an anti-Western turn in Russia’s policy and a change of its priorities

Back to the future: Putin 2018

May 14, 2012 Fyodor Lukyanov, Ogoniok magazine
A utopian political experiment with an uneasy beginning and a happy ending. Fyodor Lukyanov takes a look at May 7, 2018

Maintaining weight

May 10, 2012 Fyodor Lukyanov, Gazeta.ru
There are few statesmen in the world today who can claim to be themselves a brand. Vladimir Putin is one of them

Why we remember the victory

May 8, 2012 Denis Maltsev
The end of the Great Patriotic War remains an important day to celebrate for Russians

Victory Day on both sides of the Atlantic

May 8, 2012 Eugene Ivanov
A couple of hours for Victory Day is not a high price to pay for reminding ourselves that the history of mankind doesn’t split along national borders or generational lines

How to bolster Russia’s energy sector

May 7, 2012 Mikhail Delyagin
A combination of public and private ownership is the only way to encourage both initiative and expansion in the energy sector

Does Russia’s investment legislature work well?

May 4, 2012 Aleksander Bryantsev
Despite the fact that today Russia offers many opportunities for foreign investors, the country still remains unpredictable and risky for doing business

Joint missile defense is limited to data sharing

May 4, 2012 Ruslan Pukhov, The Moscow Times
There is a huge amount of mutual mistrust between Russia and the United States on missile defense. Nevertheless, there are still several possibilities for cooperation on the project

Obama's useless Bout trophy

May 3, 2012 Michael Bohm, The Moscow Times
Convicted arms trader Viktor Bout made a video appeal several weeks ago from his U.S. cell, asking the State Duma to sue the U.S. and Thailand to free him from prison. The Duma rejected Bout's request, explaining that it has no authority to act in th

Political uncertainties amid rising discontent

May 2, 2012 Felix Goryunov
The protest movement in Russia may not be finished, but it also may not bring about the creation of democratic capitalism

The new war for space is a public-private one

April 27, 2012 Ilya Kramnik
As corporations work to create vehicles to carry cargo and people into space, the Russian space program must assess its own future plans

Magnitsky for Jackson-Vanik: A fair trade?

April 27, 2012 Eugene Ivanov
More and more it is becoming clear that for the Jackson-Vanik amendment to be lifted, something must be put in its place to remind Russia that the U.S. will never see it as an equal partner. Many see the Magnitsky Bill as a viable replacement

Medvedev's address: Nice words, little action

April 26, 2012 Ian Pryde
In possibly his last address to the State Council, Dmitry Medvedev announced big plans for Russia’s economic future, but as usual, the key lies in implementation

Europe’s shale gas is not a threat for Russia

April 25, 2012 Colin Smith
This month, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told the Russian parliament that the country needs “to rise to the challenge” posed to global natural gas markets by the recent increase in production of shale gas in the US

Russia and NATO in hot water

April 25, 2012 Viktor Litovkin, Yevgeny Shestakov
While NATO and Russia still view each other warily over missile defense, Russian experts - Victor Litovkin and Yevgeny Shestakov - don't see any significant progress in resolving this stand-off and warn against starting another arm race

Russia-UK: Why culture vultures can soar above political problems

April 24, 2012 Alexander Yakovenko
The new office of the Russian Federal Agency for Humanitarian Co-operation, opened in London, is expected to promote the Russian culture in Great Britain and strengthen Russian-British ties
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