Russia&#39;s Unchecked Ambitions
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Steven Theede, chief executive of the Russian oil company Yukos, sadly observed during a visit to Washington last week that most Western investors had convinced themselves that the persecution
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The Russian foreign ministerâs recent visit to Tehran indicates that despite the foreign pressure, Russia is still a major power and is determined to continue playing a significant role in the international arena.
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In one huge move, the Kremlin has created a global giant, may have resolved the question of Yukos&#39; fate, and has undone another part of Yeltsin&#39;s legacy.
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His government had just suffered one of Russia&#39;s worst terrorist attacks, apparently stemming from a war he has neither won nor ended.
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The interim outcome of the Ukrainian presidential elections, just like the interim in the votes in Abkhazia (a self-proclaimed republic in Georgia), have cast doubts over Russia s influence on the election ...
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Both are candidates from the party of power and have presidential aspirations. Both served as prime ministers and campaigned on a platform of strengthening ties with Russia.
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The Russian government&#39;s fascination with appearances has a long history. Be it Potemkin villages, political show trials, or rigged privatizations, government fixers have always had a flair for deception.
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IT HAS taken Russia a long time to find a way to interfere with the eastward expansion of the European Union and Nato.
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Russia&#39;s President Vladimir Putin has  described himself as the world&#39;s only &quot;pure&quot; democrat and  attacked the United States and Europe, which have criticized  him, for falling short of their own ideals.
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While few people in the region see any imminent prospect of Russian tanks roaring back towards central Europe, there is a sense of unease about the direction chosen by Mr Putin.
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âMoreover, these will be things which do not exist and are unlikely to exist in other nuclear powers,â he added. Putin failed to specify what type of systems he was referring to but Russia has been seeking
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born out of a former gulag north of the Arctic Circle - come to be a key player in South Africa&#39;s gold industry? There used to be a lot of talk about foreign companies running off with Russian resources.
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Russia is developing a nuclear-missile system that is unlike any weapon held by other countries, President Vladimir Putin said yesterday, a move that could serve as a signal to the
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Whatever President Vladimir Putin's purpose in choosing a new prime minister, he didn't look far.
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Plan has prompted the first serious opposition to the Putin government.
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An Irish model for Chechnya? After five years of war and thousands of Russian army battle casualties, is President Vladimir Putin turning away from pure force and boosting the importance of a political solution ...
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President Vladimir V. Putin proposed that Russia and the West study emerging missile threats jointly.