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G8 focus on economy and security

May 22, 2012 Vladimir Kuzmin, Rossiyskaya Gazeta
The G8 summit indicated that Moscow and the West will work together to resolve global problems

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

Passport of contention: How to facilitate the visa regime

April 2, 2012 Yelena Chernenko, Kommersant
Russia and EU are close to finalizing a document that would facilitate the visa regime. Only one obstacle remains – Moscow insists on the exemption from the visa requirement for holders of Russian service passports

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

Struggling to heat freezing Europe

February 8, 2012 Nikita Dulnev
Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom struggles with increased demand as Europe suffers through a cold snap

Looking for an economic renaissance

February 2, 2012 Oleg Tsyvinsky, Sergei Guriyev, Vedomosti.ru
The discussions at Davos focused not so much on how to resolve any current crisis, but rather how the future looks 10, even 20, years down the road

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?

Russian Railways plans international expansion

January 27, 2012 Tatiana Shadrina, Rossiyskaya Gazeta
New gauge systems will allow Russian trains to travel more easily to Europe while Russian Railways explores development in other parts of the world

More questions than answers in North Korea

January 11, 2012 Andrei Ilyashenko
As Kim Jong Un succeeds his father, political experts around the world wait to see if he will bring about new dialogue with the North Korea’s neighbors or if he will continue the isolationist policies of his predecessors

START turns One

December 30, 2011 Alexander Gasyuk
One year after the ratification of a major U.S.-Russian arms treaty, Assistant Secretary of U.S. State Department Rose Gottemoeller talked to RBTH about further nuclear arsenals reduction, missile defense and European security

Impasse over gas

December 29, 2011 Dmitry Belikov, Kommersant
2012 could be a rocky year for Russian gas exports, at least if events in the last half of 2011 were any indication

Russia’s fortunes rise as West sinks into despair

December 21, 2011 Ben Aris
Ben Aris explains why despair in the West is now higher than in Russia

Why we have finally fallen out of love with Europe

December 20, 2011 Yevgeny Shestakov
The financial crisis has triggered an upsurge of national egoism in the EU, with all the members showing that they are really only concerned about their own well-being

Russia and the EU approve visa agreement as EU parliament slams elections

December 15, 2011 Yelena Chernenko, Vladimir Solovyov, Kommersant
Russia and the EU have ushered in a new era of visa-free travel.The first stage of the process is expected to take no more than a year. Yet the lifting of visa requirements will be conditionally based on Russia’s observance of human rights and freedo

Russia rejects the “European choice”

November 24, 2011 Yevgeny Shestakov, Rossiyskaya Gazeta
As Europe continues to show disinterest in increased involvement with Russia, the country is increasing its ties in Asia

Greece and Italy will have to leave the Euro

November 23, 2011 Stanislav Mashagin
The EU is facing some tough decisions in the face of the eurozone crisis, but even forcing some countries out of the euro may not be enough to save the union

Russian executives make more than their European counterparts

October 24, 2011 Grigory Milov, Vedomosti
The data seems clear, but the reasons behind the pay scale vary depending on whom you ask

No pain, no gain in times of crisis

October 21, 2011 Alexei Moisseev
In times of financial crisis there is no alternative to painful reforms – no one can save you from that

Red Line: Yulia Tymoshenko, Iranian plot and Helle Thorning-Schmidt

October 21, 2011 Sergei Strokan, Dmitry Polikarpov, Ekaterina Kudashkina, Voice of Russia
Each week, Voice of Russia hosts Red Line, a discussion about global events as seen from Moscow. In this edition: Yulia Tymoshenko heads to prison, the Iranians plot an assassination on U.S. soil and Denmark gets a new prime minister

Putin’s Eurasian Union: Sometimes integration is just integration

October 18, 2011 Dmitry Babich
Why won't the West take Putin's proposal for more cooperation between former Soviet republics at face value?
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