In terms of urbanisation and lifestyle, late Soviet and post-Soviet #Russia were and are a Western society with all its attendant problems
The National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation approved by the President of Russia will go down in history as a document that sharpened the issue of the country’s traditional spiritual and ...
... concessions, you’ll be waiting a long time
Just like in many other countries, leap years are generally seen as bad luck in Russia, full of unpleasant surprises, unforeseen problems and bitter trials. And this year has been no different. In February,... ... new large-scale proposals, let alone unilateral gestures of goodwill. As the Navalny case has shown, the rhetoric towards the West has only worsened. To continue our metaphor, the ship of Russian foreign policy is careering through the storm, gathering ...
... Carnegie Moscow Center’s web site has published an article by my colleague Sabine Fischer: “
From Gas Pipeline to Navalny. What Russia Doesn’t Get About Germany
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Liana Fix:
The Times for a Special Relationship Between Germany and Russia Are Over
... ... motives, as well as their reflection in our politics.
Andrey Kortunov:
Why the “Coronavirus Ceasefire” Never Happened
The West has long been trying to decipher the "genome" of the Kremlin's policy. Many of these attempts are interesting and ...
Neither the coronavirus nor the economic recession will automatically lead to a détente, let alone a reset in relations between Russia and the West
Six months ago, when COVID-19 had just moved beyond the borders of China and embarked upon its triumphant march across Europe and North America, politicians and foreign affairs experts started discussing what will happen after the virus is vanquished....
Familiar Problems and New Challenges for Russia
Crises come and go, and life goes on. In early 2015, at the height of the Ukrainian crisis, RIAC Director General Andrey ... ... the crisis has brought about neither compromise nor the collapse of Ukrainian statehood, and relations between Russia and the West are developing more along the lines of a conflict than anything else. It is against the backdrop of this state of affairs ...