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Russian Writer Evgeny Chizhov: Writers Should Stay away from Both Authorities and Opposition

... early 1980s. The last generation of Soviet youth were greatly influenced by Western counterculture: English-language music and the Beat literature. This counterculture was largely oriented towards the East, as distinct from the traditional, self-centred Western culture. It turned to the East not so much as a source of creativity but rather as a source of new spiritual horizons — mysticism, philosophy and religion. Georgi Bovt: Soft power of the Russian word I first visited Central Asia as a young university student, and continued to go there in the 1990s for a number of reasons. In his The Path of the Sacred Capricorn , Vladimir Guzman (Videman) aptly describes the Moscow and Baltic underground of that period, and the ...

10.09.2018

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The Post-Soviet Space in 2017

... problem; most likely, things will remain local and will be limited to individual instances of cooperation. In previous decades, Central Asian countries were at the greatest risk from the threat coming from Afghanistan. Today, the threat has not exactly subsided,... ... railway transportation security. Thus far, Russia’s foreign policy is mostly oriented towards stabilizing relations with the West and resolving the Syrian crisis. Therefore, the post-Soviet space will occupy a relatively smaller place in its foreign policy ...

21.02.2017

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In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)