Eye on Eurasia: No revolution for Russia
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Yuri Levada, Russia's most distinguished pollster, says that the fragmented, post-imperial condition of Russian society and the absence of opposition figures capable of attracting significant support make it ...
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The DDOS attacks against Estonia didn't appear to be a coordinated attack by one entity within Russia
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MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin hit out on Thursday at the Westâs âdouble-standardsâ amid a Cold-War-style dispute over Ukrainian elections, accusing it of fomenting âpermanent revolutionsâ in Moscowâs backyard.
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Russia at the dawn of 2005 little resembles the Russia of a year ago. A chasm divides western and Russian opinion on what the country does resemble, and whether 2004 was a disaster or just another bumpy year.
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Russia has warned that a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo could start a chain reaction. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the step - expected on 10 December - would destabilize Europe, and that Russia was therefore against it. Russia has repeatedly said that it will oppose any deal on the future of Kosovo that is not acceptable to Serbia. The U.S. has indicated that it will recognize a declaration of independence by Kosovo if no agreement is reached by 10 December.
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Opinion polls show that there are fewer supporters of democracy in Russia than in Ukraine.
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MOSCOW - Russia&#39;s Vladimir Putin may be smarting over the turn of events in Ukraine, but he is not likely to push relations with the West into any Cold War-style confrontation, analysts say.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said there could be no authoritarian rule in the Russian Federation. Commenting on statements by some Western political analysts that totalitarian rule could be established
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MOSCOW There is a deep contradiction developing in the Russian economy. On the one hand, Russians are embracing capitalism of the sort you'd find in Western Europe or Asia. But at the same time, the country is slipping back into a new kind of state-guided capitalism built around expansionist...
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RSFâs third annual worlwide press freedom index says East Asia and Middle East have worst press freedom records EU members among the first 40; Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia lag behind.
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MOSCOW, May 23 (IPS) - Leading non profitable organisations and civil  society have vehemently rejected Russian President Vladimir  Putin's accusation last week that they did not take  collective action when Estonian authorities removed Soviet war  monuments from the city centre to an obscure location.
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The US and Russia's shared anti-terror rhetoric does not reflect the reality of their stalled relationship, writes the BBC's Jonathan Marcus.
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Russia and China, regional powers trying to restore Cold War-size importance to their roles in the world, are having a difficult time leaving the path of authoritarian government, a Freedom House analysis says.
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THE HAGUE -- Russia and the European Union failed yesterday to complete negotiations on a &quot;strategic partnership&quot; because of disagreements over security and other issues at a summit overshadowed by the Ukraine political crisis. The two sides said they were confident a final pact will be reached next May, however.
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MOSCOW, Oct. 23 -- With parliamentary elections just weeks away, Russia has still not extended an invitation to Europe's principal election watchdog to monitor the vote. Opposition activists and Western diplomats charge that the authorities here are deliberately stalling to limit the work of an...
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On the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Chechnya, some say there are few alternatives to negotiations.
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European papers are unimpressed with the Russian president's plans for radical change after recent terrorist attacks