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Killing Justice in Russia
Killing Justice in Russia
PRAGUE - The death of Eduard Chuvashov, a judge killed in cold blood on April 12 in Moscow, is another in a long and growing list of murders perpetrated on…
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Russian President Dmitri Medvedev visited Syria and Turkey
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev visited Syria and Turkey
President Medvedev's visits to Damascus and Ankara (10-13 May) are part of Russia's political plan of regaining the strategic positions that it lost after the fall of communism and the…
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Kremlin Contemplates a Seismic Shift in Russian Foreign Policy
Kremlin Contemplates a Seismic Shift in Russian Foreign Policy
Two conceptual strategy documents, one outlined in briefings by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, and another "leaked" to Newsweek in Moscow appear to indicate that a seismic shift in…
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Obama Administration Embraces Russia As "Helpful"; Moscow Stabs U.S. in Back
Obama Administration Embraces Russia As "Helpful"; Moscow Stabs U.S. in Back
Note: I have written a different and complementary article for Pajamas Media, "Syria, Iran, and Turkey Openly Defy Obama, as Russia Regains Mideast Influence," that looks at the wider strategic…
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Medvedev's Military Modernization Program Faces Crisis
Medvedev's Military Modernization Program Faces Crisis
Army-General Yury Baluyevskiy, the Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council and former Chief of the General Staff told a roundtable in Moscow on April 16 that the modernization of…
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The profound causes of Russia's hostility towards the Eastern Partnership
The profound causes of Russia's hostility towards the Eastern Partnership
The leaders in Moscow and the Russian media insistently affirm that the Eastern Partnership and the European Neighbourhood Policy are an expression of the Europeans' interest in increasing the EU's…
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Moscow Ties "Reset" to Afghanistan
Moscow Ties "Reset" to Afghanistan
On April 3, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Andrey Denisov, noted the generally positive change in the atmosphere between Moscow and Washington, but remarked that the relationship lacks "content." The increased…
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Russian Analysts Question the Viability of the “Reset”
Russian Analysts Question the Viability of the “Reset”
The announced follow-on Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), to be signed by the US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in Prague on April 8 has served…
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