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Published in: oDR

Published on: 1 March 2011

Written by: Mark Galeotti All articles by Mark Galeotti

A much-trumpeted Law on the Police comes into force in Russia today. Mark Galeotti considers whether it represents a...

Published in: Home

Published on: 15 November 2010

Written by: Stellan Vinthagen All articles by Stellan Vinthagen

People power does not lend itself to the geo-strategic interests of empires or warlords, since it is based on...

Published in: oDR

Published on: 12 February 2010

Written by: William Courtney All articles by William Courtney

Written by: Denis Corboy All articles by Denis Corboy

Written by: Kenneth Yalowitz All articles by Kenneth Yalowitz

Much of Russian history is characterized by pendulum swings between orthodoxy and reform to overcome backwardness....

Published in: openEconomy

Published on: 3 February 2010

Written by: Peter Johnson All articles by Peter Johnson

Banks make money. Literally, money is their output. But social guarantees are their input. Should they be the ones...

Published in: oDR

Published on: 13 January 2010

Written by: Sergei Markedonov All articles by Sergei Markedonov

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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