Boris Martynov: “Russia’s geopolitical interest in Latin America needs to be reinforced with economics” Grigory Pasko, journalist The Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences has existed since the year 1961. ...
We’ve all heard about the Russian government’s preemptive planning to augment the riot police and expand their powers to break up protests – which are expected to increase dramatically as a result of the global economic crisis &#...
What, exactly, does Russia want from Afghanistan? The question has preoccupied the global media for weeks. Today, two countervailing theories emerge. Notwithstanding the threat of Islamic extremism filtering into the Caucasus, writing in the Inter...
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has republished this interesting interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in which he tries to explain his country’s increased interest in Latin America. The interview, excerpted from an ...
Despite Vladimir Putin’s acknowledged position as one of the world’s more right-wing leaning leaders in the world, many individuals on the opposite side of the political spectrum often seem eager to manufacture excuses, apologies, and ...
Dmitry Sidorov, Kommersant’s man in Washington, has a lengthy piece in Forbes today about President Medvedev’s alleged “split” with Putin over issues of human rights and liberal Democracy. Fat chance, says Sidorov: “A...
In December, Disney announced plans to introduce a free version of the Disney Channel in Russia, a market prepped for “vast growth…despite the near-term economic turmoil.” But over the weekend Forbes reported that Russia’s ...
Mikhail Gorbachev has been all over the news lately. First there was the announcement he was joining forces with his alleged political protege, the billionaire banker Alexander Lebedev, to form a new political party supportive of “less state...
Today, the Council on Foreign Relations interviews David Albright, President of the Institute for Science and International Security, who thinks Iran will acquire enough low-enriched uranium this year to “reach the first level of breakout ca...
A new survey by the Sofia Center for Social Studies says that only one quarter of Ukrainian citizens think Russia is a “friendly state and strategic partner.” Meanwhile, we already know what many Ukrainians think of Russian ambassador ...
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