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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

Putin looks to reprise his familiar role on world stage

April 3, 2012 Yevgeny Shestakov
Upholding the rule of international law and defending Russia’s interests are as crucial to Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy today as they were 12 years ago

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

Russia and Europe to meet on Mars?

February 13, 2012 Russia Beyond the Headlines
The Russian space agency Roskosmos and its European counterpart are expected to take another step towards a joint exploration of Mars

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

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

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

The West vs The Rest in 2012

January 10, 2012 Ian Pryde
Emerging markets may continue to grow in the new year, but it remains too early to say that the new economies have beat the developed world at its own game

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

European investment in Russia: Patience pays off

December 26, 2011 Felix Goryunov
Although some investors are pulling out of Russia in the face of political uncertainty, the past 15 years have shown that those businesses who are willing to look to the long-term can reap big dividends

Medevedev gives an optimistic farewell

December 23, 2011 Vladimir Stepanov
The outgoing president has promised to liberalize the political system and defeat corruption

Reappraising our values in international relations

December 21, 2011 Alexander Yakovenko
The fact that that foreign policy is becoming less and less ideology-driven may be regarded as an optimistic sign

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

Does Putin's re-election mean a new Cold War?

December 20, 2011 Yevgeny Shestakov, Svetlana Babaeva
Will Vladimir Putin's election as Russia's president bring new defense alliances to life? Yevgeny Shestakov, the international desk editor of Rossiyskaya Gazeta, and Svetlana Babaeva, an analyst for RIA-Novosti US Bureau, discuss the political agenda

Russia enters WTO: A protocol and a t-shirt for 18 years of work

December 17, 2011 Nikita Dulnev
The World Trade Organization is ready to admit Russia to its company

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

Will it or won’t it? Euro on the brink

December 9, 2011 Ekaterina Kravchenko
The euro’s probable collapse has some Russian businessmen scrambling to make contingency plans while others refuse to consider the possibility

Visas, trade to top EU-Russia summit agenda

November 25, 2011 Vladimir Babkin
As yet another EU-Russia summit approaches, the topics under discussion are reduced once again to the same old subjects, on which little, if any, progress is being made

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
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