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Dmitry Medvedev

War: Russia shows who is boss after bombs on Georgia

In front | ANALYSIS
(Foto: hanspodolja/ Flickr)

On 12 August, the Russian president announced an 'end to military operations' against Georgia, which the latter claimed continued. The Kremlin's intervention shows who wears the geopolitical trousers in the Caucasus region, which comprises breakaway regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia

by n- ost // 12/08/08

REPORT
Russian workers smoke as they wait for the moving truck (Photos: Tatiana Schramchenko)

UK, Russia: a new Iron curtain?

Two out of three British Council offices were deemed 'illegal' and closed down in Russia in January. A reflection on ties between the Kremlin and London

by Tatiana Schramchenko // 14/03/08

INTERVIEW
The 38 year old is by turns a poet, history scholar and art critic at the Russian Institute of Arts History in St. Petersburg (Photo: DG)

Putin, prime minister in 2008?

On 26 October, the EU-Russia summit in Mafra, Portugal could reveal the Tsar's energy policy or Kremlin successor ambitions. Poet and art critic Dmitry Golinko provides a Russian reaction

by Anne Lainault (Relecture YL) // 22/10/07

ANALYSIS
(Photo: dude.rider/ Flickr)

The Kremlin surprise package

In March 2008 Russia's presidential elections will be held. Although no single one seems capable of taking the lead, candidates are appearing at the pace of mushroom growth

by Ulrich Heyden // 01/08/07

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Postimees: Estonia Wakes Up With a War Plan

Waking up with Postimees today offered us a bitter surprise: Estonia might be invaded by Russia and now we even know why. Luckily not when.And, strangely, it looks like someone forgot about the European Union

by g.angioni // 14/08/08




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