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Two years since a brave writer's killing, Tanya Lokshina's tribute; and her own Chechen report
Alexander Lukashenka has won a total victory. But is that what Belarus's president wanted?
Why it's time for the state to say that execution contravenes a deeper law
The use of school-students to pick cotton further tarnishes the record of a repressive state
The next American president, together with the efforts from European allies, must address failed strategies of the past in order to prevent the West (and Georgia for that matter) from stumbling into an expanded war in the Caucasus.
The Caucasus war is Europe's opportunity for coherence vis-a-vis Moscow. Here's how to take it
The Russian extreme right, including some of its crypto-fascist sections, is becoming an ever more influential part of Moscow mainstream public discourse. Its influence can be felt in Russia's mass media, academia, civil society, arts, and politics.
The inclusion of Georgia and Ukraine in Nato is a flawed aim that guarantees conflict with Russia
The Caucasus war exposes a failure of global leadership. It's time for a new citizens' movement
What does Russia want; how should Nato and the EU respond? An ex-ambassador to Moscow looks ahead Plus: time to get real, says Charles Grant
Trading on the Russian stock market has been suspended for two days. In this penetrating article Dmitri Travin examines some of the reasons for the current panic and the effect the war with Georgia has had on the Russian economy.
After the recent Valdai Club meeting with Russian leaders, Charles Grant fears any attempt to push Russia towards a liberal democracy would be counter-productive. What the West can and should do is influence Russia's behaviour on the international stage.
"The house has only just burnt down." The aged Georgian villagers of South Ossetia need help
The ex-president's combative outlook has shaped Russia's policy towards Georgia and the west
The Russia-Georgia conflict is global as well as regional. How to avoid a new era of confrontation?
Countries like Russia
‘cursed' with natural resources need effective international scrutiny to ensure
that the profits benefit society. But the Extractive Industries Transparency
Initiative proposed by Blair only whitewashes corruption and enriches the
auditors, Julia Gouseva explains.
Where did Russia's political opposition go? The story begins in the early 1990s...
Russia 19th-century thinking could yet snatch defeat from its 21st-century victory in Georgia
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