Russia and Africa: vying for mineral resources
By Alexei Vassiliev
11:27 10/05/2011
Russia is a vast country that is exceptionally rich in mineral resources. Therefore, a fairly commonly held view is that prospecting for minerals outside Russia, for example, in Africa, is not a sensible proposition. Does this viewpoint reflect the way things really stand?
The tandem has fulfilled its task
By Gabor Stier
10:40 06/05/2011
Dmitry Medvedev’s three years as president should be assessed within the framework of the distributive function regarding both internal and external political issues. This tangibly increased room for maneuver within the “tandemocracy” even though the current president’s political portrait acquired increasingly distinct features.
China-Russia relations and the United States: At a turning point?
By Dr. Richard Weitz
08:41 14/04/2011
Despite their improved relationship, China and Russia have not formed a mutual defensive alliance and still tend to pursue distinct, if largely parallel, policies regarding many issues. Personal and economic exchanges between China and Russia remain minimal compared to those found between most large countries in Europe and North America.

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Russian Pacific Fleet Exercises

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Russia’s Pacific Fleet Anniversary: Time for some answers?

11:20 13/05/2011 By Vladimir Petrovsky

This year the Russian Pacific Fleet marks a significant anniversary: 280 years ago, on May 21, 1731 the Senate ruled that the naval port of Okhotsk should be built on the Pacific coast. Residents of the Russian Far East needed to build naval ships and ports to protect their land, trade and sea routes from attacks by their neighbors.

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Russian experts downbeat on Middle East

Civil unrest is gaining momentum in many countries of the Middle East and North Africa, and there are no signs of it abating any time soon, analysts say. A wave of popular uprisings has swept across the Middle East and North Africa, leading to the overthrow of deeply entrenched autocratic regimes in Egypt and Tunisia. Large anti-government protests were seen in Algiers, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco and Oman, and demonstrators continue to take to the streets in Yemen. International forces have now intervened in Libya.

Russia, United States must cooperate beyond bilateral format

U.S.-Russian relations should be viewed in a broader context than the bilateral relationship, Russian experts say. Experts were invited by RIA Novosti to present a new report on U.S.-Russian relations entitled, “The U.S.-Russian relations after the ‘reset’: Building a new agenda. A view from Russia” The report was prepared by a group of Russian experts from the Valdai Discussion Club.

SUMMARY – Experts discuss models and scenarios for a Middle East peace settlement in Malta

Participants in an international conference in Malta, like a panel of doctors in consultation, determined why the prescribed medications have not worked and searched for new treatments for the patient – the peace process in the Middle East, which has not achieved a resolution of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict.

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Russia: Shades of difference

Where possible, Mr Medvedev has been combining the struggle to reform an economy he accepts is inefficient and opaque with the fight to broaden his own political power. Over the past few months this has had some noteworthy successes, which both weaken rivals such as Mr Sechin and tackle some of the more blatant problems with economic management.

Battle for Arctic oil intensifies as US sends Clinton to polar summit

The WikiLeaks cables show how the scramble for resources in the Arctic is heightening military tension in the region, with Nato sources worried about the potential for armed conflict with Russia.

Russia-US: Terrorism's vicious circle

There are no hostages in the game of geopolitics. Russia’s reaction to the Bin Laden assassination reveals its own dilemma about how best to accommodate the West.

Russian Helicopters: hard landing

Another Russian London IPO has flown into trouble – state-controlled Russian Helicopters on Wednesday cancelled its planned $500 million offering. From the point of view of the Russian authorities it is a pity – the country needs to privatise, needs foreign investment and needs to develop the non-resource sectors of its economy. Russia still has real strengths in aviation – including helicopters.

Russia redrawing Europe energy map

The "gas map" of Europe, which was largely drawn in the Soviet era, is poised to undergo a phenomenal change. The great consolidation of Russia's status as the pre-eminent energy supplier - Russia today supplies over 41% of Europe's gas needs - is certain to transform east-west relations in the medium and long term and will figure as a key factor in the United States' trans-Atlanticism.

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