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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

Russian actress wins kudos in D.C.

May 7, 2012 Nora FitzGerald
Artistic directors from Georgia and actors from Russia create original theater in a family atmosphere in the most unlikely city

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

Moscow keeps defending Bout

May 3, 2012 Alexander Gasyuk
For the U.S., he is the prolific arms smuggler portrayed in the 2005 film, “Lord of War.” For Russia, he is a martyred citizen convicted by a Hollywood film

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

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

Gary Shteyngart: From dystopia with love

April 5, 2012 Xenia Grubstein
Gary Shteyngart, America’s beloved writer from Russia, talks to RBTH (a little) about life as an émigré writer

Obama to host Putin at Camp David

April 3, 2012 Andrei Ilyashenko
Nuclear arms reduction almost certain to be on the agenda when the presidents meet in late May

Shining a light on Russia’s relationship with the West

April 2, 2012 Alexander Gasyuk
Zbigniew Brzezinski spoke to RBTH on his strategic vision of Western-Russia relations and international affairs

Open-mike diplomacy

March 28, 2012 Eugene Ivanov
The Seoul Nuclear Security Symposium provided a set stage for the last summit between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama

Syria and Assad’s Destinies Become intertwined

March 28, 2012 Andrei Ilyashenko
Russia hopes that former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s mission to Syria will mitigate the increasing tensions in the Middle East region.

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

In defiance of the UN

February 6, 2012 Kommersant FM
Russia and China once again blocked the UN resolution condemning Syria and have been severely criticised by the West

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?

Russia to start special military maneuvers

January 18, 2012 Sergei Konovalov
Russia’s General Staff gears up for large-scale strategic military exercises in view of possible Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran

McFaul arrives to keep 'reset' alive

January 16, 2012 Nikolaus von Twickel, The Moscow Times
Will the architect of the U.S.-Russia reset Michael Mcfaul be able to resolve the growing differences between the U.S. and Russia?

Another war in the Middle East?

January 16, 2012 Andrei Ilyashenko
Recent actions between the U.S. and Iran show that neither side is willing to back down – or afraid to engage in armed conflict

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
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