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Russia’s envoys in Damascus: An oxygen bag for Assad?

Russia’s envoys in Damascus: An oxygen bag for Assad? Russia ’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the Head of Russia’s intelligence...

Russia’s two tribes: United by fear of revolution

Russia’s two tribes: United by fear of revolution One month before the presidential elections the country is vibrant with...

Painting over the cracks: Can Putin-power reform Russia?

Painting over the cracks: Can Putin-power reform Russia? ­ Vladimir Putin’s latest article elaborating on his electoral agenda for the...

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Putin proposes reparations for ’90s

Vladimir Putin wants any disputes from Russia’s chaotic privatizations in the 1990s settled once and for all. At a meeting with leading Russian businessmen, the PM said entrepreneurs involved may have to pay a one-off duty to secure their assets.

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A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask marches with other during a demonstration for fair elections in St. Petersburg(Reuters / Alexander Demianchuk) Today: 18:19 4 comments

Comparing Oranges…

Pro-Kremlin politicians and pundits explain the recent mass protests as an “Orange Revolution” conspiracy orchestrated by the West. Member of the Russian Public Chamber Nikolay Svanidze believes the allegations are a hoax to demonize the opposition.

 
Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Barack Obama prior to signing the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in Prague on April 8, 2010 (AFP Photo / Joe Klamar) Today: 16:59 7 comments

Russian withdrawal from historic missile treaty ‘cannot be excluded’

Without the resolution of specific issues with the United States, Moscow says it could withdraw from the New START Treaty.

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Gennady Zyuganov (RIA Novosti / Alexander Vilf) Today: 15:34 6 comments

Comm-bination: Candidate sees PM and pres role merged

Gennady Zyuganov, the leader of the Communist Party (KPRF) and a presidential candidate, has suggested combining the posts of Russian President and Prime Minister for “a transitional period” while Russia is “in deep crisis.”

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Mikhail Gorbachev(RIA Novosti / Valeriy Melnikov) Today: 14:58 43 comments

Gorbachev: Putin has run out of gas

The first and only President of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, has said that in his view the whole Russian system must change and Vladimir Putin is incapable of making this change, even though the PM will most likely win the presidential elections.

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Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. (RIA Novosti / Sergey Guneev) Today: 00:48 20 comments

UN resolution would have brought no peace to Syria – Medvedev

President Medvedev has clarified the reasons behind Moscow’s veto on the UN resolution on Syria for the prime minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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Ramzan Kadyrov (RIA Novosti / Aleksey Nikolsky) 08.02, 18:11 3 comments

Kadyrov slams Western media for turning terrorist mouthpiece

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov has accused Western media of cynicism and immorality for quoting terrorist Doku Umarov, who is behind numerous attacks on civilians in Russia.

RIA Novosti / Yana Lapikova 08.02, 17:39 26 comments

Putin promises to protect Christianity worldwide

Presidential candidate Vladimir Putin has promised to make the protection of repressed Christians in foreign countries one of his foreign policy priorities if he becomes president again.

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 (Reuters / Muhammad Hamed) 08.02, 15:54 35 comments

Ambassadors' retreat from Syria 'incomprehensible' - Lavrov

As international efforts to bring an end to Syria's 11-month political crisis falters, Russia says the decision by some countries to remove their ambassadors only complicates matters.

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Photo from www.ridus.ru 08.02, 14:06 4 comments

President to meet leaders of unregistered parties – report

President Dmitry Medvedev has invited the leaders of unregistered parties to his suburban residence in another step to liberalize the Russian political system, a newspaper report claims.

 
Tbilisi has switched from military aggression and four-year-long blockade to “soft methods” 08.02, 13:51 11 comments

Georgia attacks sovereignty of S. Ossetia and Abkhazia…again

Ahead of the forthcoming presidential election in South Ossetia, Georgia is actively trying to destabilize the political situation in the republic, South Ossetia’s State Security Committee said in a statement released on Wednesday.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (AFP Photo/ RIA-Novosti Pool/ Alexey Druzhinin) 06.02, 07:54

Democracy and the quality of our state

In a newspaper article Vladimir Putin describes on the evolution and the future of democratic institutions in Russia.

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Sergey Lavrov (RIA Novosti / Grigory Sysoev) 18.01, 14:55

Russia to block any UN decision on foreign intervention in Syria – FM

Outlining a year in Russian foreign policy, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has reiterated Moscow’s insistence on an immediate halt to violence in Syria and the start of a national inclusive dialogue.