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(This piece originally appeared on Russia Beyond the Headlines ) In the summer/fall of 2007, Foreign Affairs , an American magazine specializing in international relations and U.S. foreign policy, offered its pages to candidates for the 2008 U.S. presidential elections. In the July/August issue of the magazine, Mitt Romney , introduced as “ Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 [and] a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination ,” took this offer to outline his foreign policy views . Incidentally, neighboring Romney in the printed space was Barack Obama , “ a Democratic Senator from Illinois and a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination .” Back in 2007, Romney was promoting himself as the only serious Republican candidate with a successful corporate career.
The Ivanov Report
Количество реформ, проводимых нынешним правительством Венгрии, а, главное, объем реформируемых экономических и политических институтов не имеет прецедентов в современной Европе. Кроме премьера Виктора Орбана, пожалуй, никто даже в его правительстве не представляет себе сложности положения современной Венгрии. Венгерское правительство подвергается жесткому давлению международных организаций.
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Impressions russes | par Hugo Natowicz
Le crash d’un Superjet 100, symbole de la renaissance de l’industrie aéronautique russe, a porté un sérieux coup au moral du pays. Dans le cadre d’une tournée commerciale visant à conquérir les marchés du sud asiatique, le moyen-courrier s’est écrasé en Indonésie contre un volcan. La catastrophe a fait 45 morts, dont 36 Indonésiens, huit Russes, deux Italiens, un Français, un Américain. Outre la douleur liée au deuil, le camouflet est total pour la Russie, son industrie, et son image dans le monde. “Kto vinovat” (qui est coupable)? Immortalisée par le roman d’Alexandre Hertzen, cette question qui hante l’histoire de la Russie a été l’une des premières à résonner au lendemain du drame.
PONARS Eurasia
Pavel Baev: The Opposition and Putin Remain on a Collision Course , Eurasia Daily Monitor, Volume: 9, Issue, 50, March 12 Alexander Cooley : Manas Base will Remain Important for U.S. even after NATO Leaves Afghanistan , The Journal of the Turkish Weekly, March 29 Andrew Kuchins: The End of the ‘Reset’: Why Putin’s Re-Election Means Turbulence Ahead , Foreign Affairs, March 1 ( image at left by Wolfgang Wildner); quoted in Steve LeVine’s: The oil leash and other under-noticed things about Putin’s re-election , Foreign Policy, March 5 Sergey Markedonov: A Crush on Syria , Russian and India Report, March 23
The Power Vertical
V ladimir Putin insists it was all decided back in 2007. In a joint interview Monday with Russia's three national television networks, the prime minister said he and President Dmitry Medvedev had agreed to their 2012 job switch four years ago when he tapped his longtime protégé to replace him in the Kremlin. Medvedev made a similar claim at the United Russia congress last month.
Vostok Infos | Géopolitique, défense et histoire dans l'espace post-soviétique
Le 23 février est en Russie le jour des défenseurs de la Patrie. Cette journée fériée, anciennement connue sous le nom de « jour de l’Armée Rouge » a été l’occasion pour Vladimir Poutine de rassembler ses fervents supporters dans le grand stade Loujniki (80 000 places). Des délégations venues de nombreuses républiques et oblast’ ont ainsi Études réunies par Annie Charon, Bruno Delmas et Armelle Le Goff De Pierre le Grand à la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, les relations de la France et de la Russie, tour à tour alliées ou opposées, ont toujours été importantes pour l’histoire de l’Europe dans tous les domaines tant politiques, diplomatiques, militaires, culturels, commerciaux ou industriels. Posté par Rédaction dans RussieEurasia Daily Monitor - The Jamestown Foundation
April 23, 2012 For the last two months, Azerbaijani-Iranian relations were put under serious stress. Relations between the two countries lacked cordiality for many years; yet, both countries refrained from harsh criticisms and hostile actions... Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Home Page, Military/Security, The Caucasus, South Caucasus , Azerbaijan , Iran The Russian federal agency for CIS affairs, compatriots and international humanitarian cooperation unveiled plans for holding a conference of compatriots in Beirut, Lebanon before the end of this May.
Les Echos de Tbilissi
10 degres, dans les nuages, le palais presidentiel domine la ville... Appele par les locaux ou detracteurs "les couilles de Mischa", le luxurieux palais contraste avec l habitat local ... Reves de grandeur, volonte d autocratie, reve d occident ?Russia Blog: Ten Myths about Russia’s Demography
As of 2008 , there were 362,000 more deaths than births in Russia, down from 847,000 in 2005. Furthermore, adding in migration would give a total population loss of just 105,000 people in 2008 , equivalent to -0.07% of the population, which is a massive improvement from the 721,000 fall in 2005. The situation continued improving in 2009 , despite the economic crisis , with Russia seeing positive natural increase in August and September for the first time in 15 years . [Source: Rosstat; analyzed & published by Sergey Slobodyan @ Sublime Oblivion ].
Yannick Harrel / Яник Аррель Cyberstratégie Est-Ouest / Киберстр
Article paru sur Alliance GéoStratégique le 4 mars 2012 À quelques heures du résultat définitif des élections présidentielles de 2012, il ne fait guère de doute que le Premier Ministre Vladimir Vladimirovitch Poutine sera élu au poste de Président de la Fédération de Russie. Seules inconnues réelles : la poussée électorale des opposants et le taux d'abstention.Кибердиссиденты Гибрид журналиста и агента внешнего влияния - такой тип сетевых воинов был вскормлен Госдепартаментом…
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As the uprising in Syria approaches its one-year anniversary, the stand-off between its government and the international community seems set to continue for the foreseeable future. Throughout this period, Russia has been Syria’s foremost protector in the international arena. It has taken on this role because of Syria’s economic significance for the arms export industry, its role as the host of Russia’s only military base outside the former Soviet Union — and concern that a successful mass uprising might have negative consequences for its own political stability. What next Russian leaders will use the Syrian crisis as an opportunity to show that their country is still a force to be reckoned with in the Middle East. They will also press their case that overthrow of the current Syrian regime would lead to further instability in the region — which might even spread to parts of the former Soviet Union.