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Columns
Robert Bridge
Robert Bridge is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has worked in Moscow as a writer and journalist since 1996.
Former Editor of The Moscow News (Sept.2007 – Feb.2009), Bridge is now a regular political commentator on RT's website.
Although his primary focus is international politics, this column will touch upon a wide variety of topics.
Is an Israeli attack on Iran imminent?
Fyodor Lukyanov
Fyodor Lukyanov is editor-in-chief of the journal Russia in Global Affairs, published in Russian and English with the participation of Foreign Affairs magazine.
He has an extensive background in different Russian and international media, in which he worked from 1990 to 2002 as a commentator on international affairs. Lukyanov now widely contributes to various media in the US, Europe and China. His monthly “Geopolitics” column appears in the Russian edition of Forbes magazine.
He is a member of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, an independent organization providing foreign policy expertise and also a member of the Presidential Council on Human Rights and Civic Society Institutions.
How long will Russian foreign policy be based on consensus?
Dmitry Polikanov
Dr. Dmitry Polikanov began his career as a political analyst with a number of Russian think tanks and international organizations.
Since 2007 Dr. Polikanov has worked with the ruling United Russia party. He has been deeply involved in various party activities, including the development of its strategy and ideology. Dmitry Polikanov was also one of the authors of the Human Resource Reserve project within the party.
He now is Director of the Bureau of Strategic Communications, a private company working closely with the Russian political community and providing PR and lobbying support.
New government: will expectations come true?
Nikolay Svanidze
Nikolay Svanidze is a Russian TV journalist and political expert.
Svanidze has hosted the Russian TV programs “Mirror” and “Chronicles of History with Nikolay Svanidze” on Rossiya Channel and, since 2010, “Time’s Judgment” on Channel 5.
In November 2005, he became a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, where he is a member of the working group on international affairs. He is also a member of the president's historical truth commission.
In November 2008, Nikolay Svanidze participated in the creation of The Right Cause liberal party.
Electorate’s appetite should not go unsatisfied
Sergey Strokan
Sergey Strokan is a journalist, essayist and a poet. He is also a political commentator with Russia's “Kommersant” Publishing House.
Mr. Strokan hosts “Red Line”, a weekly analytical program broadcast by The Voice of Russia in New York City.
He is the author of three poetry collections, a winner of the Maximilian Voloshin International Literary Award (2010) and a member of Union of Russian Writers.
An ageing giant
