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PoliticsA post-war buffer-zone remains tense, a Russian rights activist reports
Planned changes to the BBC World Service's Russian programming spark debate
A subtle map - responding to Roderic Lyne - of the ideas behind Moscow's real foreign-policy outlook
Average Russian simply thinks that his country must pursue a hard line in the fight for its place in the sun. In this penetrating overview Dmitri Travin examines the current growth of anti-Americanism and how the situation might develop in the future.
What does Russia want; how should Nato and the EU respond? An ex-ambassador to Moscow looks ahead Plus: time to get real, says Charles Grant
Ukrainian politics is a mess. Russian e-zine www.polit.ru's editor-in-chief Andrei Levkin attempts to throw light at the political maneuvering before the forthcoming snap parliamentary elections.
Only four years ago Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Timoshenko were close political allies. Their Orange Revolution impressed the whole world. Their bitter rivalry now led to snap parliamentary elections scheduled for 7 December.
A larger Europe-Russia crisis lights the fuse of Kyiv's bitter political rivalries (archive)
Alexander Lukashenka has won a total victory. But is that what Belarus's president wanted?
The Russian extreme right, including some of its crypto-fascist sections, is becoming an ever more influential part of Moscow mainstream public discourse. Its influence can be felt in Russia's mass media, academia, civil society, arts, and politics.
The inclusion of Georgia and Ukraine in Nato is a flawed aim that guarantees conflict with Russia
After the recent Valdai Club meeting with Russian leaders, Charles Grant fears any attempt to push Russia towards a liberal democracy would be counter-productive. What the West can and should do is influence Russia's behaviour on the international stage.
The ex-president's combative outlook has shaped Russia's policy towards Georgia and the west
Writing from the strategicallyimportant Georgian port of Poti, LiveJournal user pepsikolka describes living through the Russian bombardment; the fear, the incredulity andthe loyalties split two ways
Russia's new president will walk the anti-corruption tightrope to seek a place in history
The energy wealth and corruption can't sustain the reforms that Moscow needs
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