Russia

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Former People

Francis Phillips | 02 April 2013 |

tags: book reviews, revolution, Russia

"Losers are no less worthy of being remembered than winners," writes a chronicler of the last days of the Russian aristocracy.

Sometimes the Russians are right

Neil Addison | 25 August 2012 |

tags: Pussy Riot, Russia, tolerance

What if Pussy Riot cavorted in a British church? Perhaps we would feel a bit different about their antics.

Putin pulls strings in Middle East

George Friedman | 27 June 2012 |

tags: foreign policy, Israel, Russia, Vladimir Putin

A state visit to Israel is an opportunity for Russia to strengthen its ties with the major regional players.

Putin faces a changing Europe

George Friedman | 10 May 2012 |

tags: Russia, Stratfor, Vladimir Putin

Personal relationships with heads of state give way to new geopolitical dynamics.

Russia’s plan to recover its lost dominance

George Friedman | 26 April 2012 |

tags: foreign policy, Russia, Stratfor

Russia may be economically dysfunctional, but that will not keep it from flexing its muscles.

The state of the world: Germany’s strategy

George Friedman | 14 March 2012 |

tags: geopolitics, Germany, Russia

If the European Union weakens, an alliance between Russia and Germany seems to be an inevitable alternative.

Rebuilding the Russian family

Carolyn Moynihan | 20 June 2011 |

tags: Demographic Summit, family values, Russia

A demographic summit to be held in Moscow next week sees family values as the key to Russia’s population woes.

Russia: rule of law on trial

Mikhail Khodorkovsky | 17 December 2010 |

tags: governance, Russia, Yukos case

A verdict due on the Yukos oil case will decide whether Russia will become a country of freedom and law or become stuck in Soviet-like repression, says one of the accused.

Sorrow and anger at Poland’s tragedy

Denis Dutton and Adam Chmielewski | 14 April 2010 |

tags: democracy, Poland, Russia

The air-crash which decapitated Poland’s state elite may owe something to reckless behaviour, official negligence - and the flaws of modern democracy itself.

Is the Polish tragedy Russia’s opportunity?

Marko Papic | 13 April 2010 |

tags: Polish plane crash, Russia, Stratfor

One effect of the air crash killing Polish political leaders is to give Russia a chance to intensify its 'charm offensive' on Poland.

Ukraine’s election and Russian resurgence

Peter Ziehan | 27 January 2010 |

tags: Russia, Ukraine

With the election on February 7 the Orange Revolution will shudder to a halt.

Lithuania defies EU to promote family values

Bryan P. Bradley | 27 December 2009 |

tags: family values, homosexuality, Lithuania, Russia

Sidestepping critics, Baltic nation strengthens family-friendly law on public information.

Will chemical weapons proliferate?

Michael Crowley | 28 October 2009 |

tags: chemical weapons, Russia

The danger of security agencies, military forces and violent groups using “incapacitatant” chemical agents to disable adversaries has grown since the Moscow theatre siege of 2002. International regulation is needed.

Russia, Iran and the Biden speech

George Friedman and Peter Zeihan | 27 October 2009 |

tags: Barack Obama, Biden, Iran, Russia, Stratfor

The Obama Administration's aggressive diplomacy in Eastern Europe could sink its hopes for a peaceful resolution of its conflict with Iran.

Russia champions ‘traditional values’

Carolyn Moynihan | 23 October 2009 |

tags: human rights, Russia, United Nations, values

Struggling with family decay and population decline, Russia wants the UN to get down to tin tacks on the subject of human rights.

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