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Published in: oDRPanicking about swine flu in Orenburg
The region is gripped by swine flu panic, much of it orchestrated, in the opinion of Elena Strelnikova. But every...
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Published in: oDRThe ones that lost: Russian cases rejected at the European Court
Landmark victories in defiance of the Russian government have made the European Court of Human Rights the most...
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Published in: oDRMoldova - the Switzerland solution?
At the OSCE summit 10 years ago this week, Russia and NATO agreed a deal on troop and armament withdrawals from...
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Published in: oDRMoscow calling! St Petersburg loses its TV
Control of St.Petersburg’s television station, once free-thinking and vibrant, has been handed to producers from...
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Published in: oDRExplosion on the Nevsky Express: the Russian blogosphere reacts
Russia’s blogosphere reacts to the crash of the Moscow-St Petersburg train that killed 26 people on 27 November....
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Published in: oDRIran and Russia: is the honeymoon over?
The souring of Iran's key relationship with Russia is a crucial factor behind its decision to build ten nuclear...
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Published in: oDRUkraine: on the bumpy road to democracy
Through the Orange Revolution in 2004 Ukraine turned its back on authoritarian politics and started on the bumpy...
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Published in: oDRRussia's domestic Muslim strategy - the lurking threat
In the second of two articles on Russia’s Muslim strategy, Walter Laqueur observes that hostility to the United...
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Published in: oDRLife with a Heart Complaint
Life in Oryol has changed little since Ivan Turgenev wrote about it 160 years ago, though the villages he described...
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Published in: oDRDancing with Armenia - the Turkish view
Turkish reactions to the Zurich agreement with Armenia have been mixed. But they will tolerate it if it yields...
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Published in: oDRRussia's Muslim Strategy - foreign policy
The Kremlin holds that Muslim countries are Russia’s natural allies against the West. Yet this policy is riven with...
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Published in: oDRKremlin spin on the Orange Revolution
On the fifth anniversary of the Orange Revolution, with presidential elections in Ukraine imminent, Andreas Umland...
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Published in: oDRTreat Ukraine as a European Democracy
Ukraine faces considerable economic challenges, but democracy is becoming stronger. The upcoming presidential...
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Published in: oDRStalin – a hero for our time
The myth of Russia’s beautiful past has gripped the popular imagination, thanks to state propaganda, the poet...
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Published in: oDRTackling corruption in the Russian economy
Russia's President Medvedev has warned that continued dependence on raw materials exports has a negative impact on...
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Published in: oDRGerman boost to Ukraine's EU bid
Ukraine’s hopes of joining the EU some day may have been improved by changes in the German cabinet, observes Andreas Umland.
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Published in: oDRRussia's drugs problem: blame the West
Why is Russia resisting international help with its spiralling drugs problem, asks Susan Richards? While the...
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Published in: oDRCrisis in Ukraine’s economy
Ukraine has proved exceptionally vulnerable to the economic crisis, says Grigory Gritsenko. Dependent on its...
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Published in: oDRAstrakhan’s election drama – the bloggers’ view
After the recent Russian local elections were won by the Kremlin-backed ruling party, United Russia, opposition...
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Published in: oDRSt. Petersburg’s ‘gas-scraper’ saga: culture turns political
Gazprom's controversial decision to build a skyscraper in St. Petersburg had the support of Putin and governor...
