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Published in: oDRThe wilting petals of Georgia’s rose revolutionThere were such hopes for the future in Georgia after the Rose Revolution in 2004, but history is running backwards,...
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Published in: oDRRussia and the Eastern Partnership: from zero-sum to positive-sumAlexander Sergunin is right that Moscow is concerned the EU’s Eastern Partnership is setting out to undermine its...
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Published in: oDREU and Russia: an Eastern Partnership Muddling on?Moscow’s attitude towards the EU fluctuates. There are deep-seated doubts that the EU is attempting to undermine...
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Published in: oDRWinter Storm in TatarstanJobs are scarce, pension rises mediocre and the local authorities have even taken away the Christmas trees. But...
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Published in: oDRA Soldier’s Tale (4): the army paradox
Letters are a life-line for Tolya. The army’s a mysterious entity, unknowable by anyone outside it, the conscript...
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Published in: oDRRussia's elite will grow up! (2)In the second part of this important interview with polit.ru’s Boris Dolgin, veteran foreign affairs analyst Dmitry...
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Published in: oDRPost-Soviet integration: CST, CSTO, CRRF etc (2)
There have been many attempts at building new structures to replace the Soviet Union, since it fell 10 years ago....
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Published in: oDRIn memoriam Nastya and Stas
Anastasia Baburova and Stanislav Markelov were gunned down in a neo-Nazi contract killing a year ago. In this moving...
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Published in: oDRA soldier’s tale (3): hospital, then what?
In this third excerpt from his letters, our Russian conscript ends up in hospital, with time to reflect on what lies...
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Published in: oDRKyiv's crisis: the EU role
On the eve of Ukraine’s election, Andreas Umland rebukes Europe for its indecisive policy towards Ukraine. By...
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Published in: oDRA soldier’s tale (2): trying to blend in
In this second letter home our new conscript Tolya is starting to settle in to his two-year stint in Russia’s army....
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Published in: oDRRussia’s foreign policy: modernise or marginalise (1)Russia’s foreign policy is outdated, according to the distinguished foreign affairs analyst Dmitry Trenin. In the...
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Published in: oDRPost-Soviet integration: does the CIS work?2010 sees the 19th anniversary of the collapse of the USSR. In the first of this two-part review of the structures...
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Published in: oDRRussia vs Ukraine: a crisis to be averted
Ukraine is about to go to the polls to elect a new president. Though the election is unlikely to provoke a violent...
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Published in: oDRFleeced. A letter from the Russian provincesCorruption has always been part of Russian life, and the Oryol region today just offers a rather extreme example,...
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Published in: oDRA soldier’s tale (1)
A new Russian army recruit writes home about life at a parachute regiment basic training camp
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Published in: oDRNot poverty, but lack of freedom
International economic indicators suggest that Russia’s problems are not those of the developing world. Relatively...
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Published in: oDRYegor Gaidar: the reformer who died of neglect
Yegor Gaidar, architect of the radical economic reforms in Russia which followed the fall of Soviet power, died on...
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Published in: oDRPerm blaze sets Russia alight
The recent catastrophic fire at the Lame Horse nightclub in Perm grabbed national headlines. Local authorities all...
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Published in: oDRKremlin hand hovers over Russia's internet
So far the Russian government has resisted the temptation of controlling the Russian internet, but this may be about...
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