Russia


Ukraine’s election and Russian resurgence

Peter Ziehan | 27 January 2010
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
Sidestepping critics, Baltic nation strengthens family-friendly law on public information.

Will chemical weapons proliferate?

Michael Crowley | 29 October 2009
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
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
Struggling with family decay and population decline, Russia wants the UN to get down to tin tacks on the subject of human rights.

Russia looks to its religious culture

Viktor Malukhin | 30 September 2009
The Orthodox Church has won its battle to make religious education compulsory in schools, but secularists have won concessions too.

Russia, Poland and the history wars

Rodric Braithwaite | 18 September 2009
70th anniversary of the Soviet Army's invasion of Poland.

Russia at the crossroads

Nicolai Petro | 12 September 2007
As it embraces globalisation and capitalism Russia is also rediscovering a pre-1917 religious and cultural heritage that is often at odds with both communism and capitalism.

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