Annan’s Syria plan has no chance
April 10, 2012 Yevgeny Satanovsky
Although the plan devised by Kofi Annan, who is now serving as an UN-Arab League special envoy to Syria has been supported by the United States and Russia, it is unrealizable, like all other theories that are at odds with the logic of civil wars
Projecting on Syria
February 29, 2012 Konstantin von Eggert
Russia’s influence in the Middle East, or rather, what was left of the Soviet influence in the region, is fading away. Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria, Moscow’s last ally, finds itself in an increasing international isolation and fights for its life
Iran neither friend nor foe
February 29, 2012 Dmitri Trenin, The Moscow Times
When Russians look at Iran, they see a country that has been their neighbor and rival forever
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Russia’s UN ambassador sums up the country’s positions
December 8, 2011 Jean-Louis Turlin
Russian ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin told RBTH about the possibility of the UN Security Council's expansion and the most controversial international issues that need to be resolved to bring stability in the world
