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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.
2 April, 2012, 13:23
US deals Russia the 'anti-American' card
Recently, there has been a deluge of doom-and-gloom articles in the US media lamenting the rise of ‘anti-Americanism’ sweeping Russia. Here are just some of the zanier zingers: “A nasty spate of anti-Americanism” (Washington Post, Feb. 17); “How long will the fog of anti-Americanism obscure the outlines of the real and imminent danger threatening Russia?” (American Thinker, March 24); “The...
16 March, 2012, 17:26
29 February, 2012, 22:23
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.
30 March, 2012, 15:36
What holds BRICS together?
BRICS countries concluded their forth summit in New Delhi by urging a common approach to Syria which would definitely exclude any outside interference. They also agreed to make payments in local currencies (not dollars or euro) in transfers between the group members. But the two remarkable moves do not represent a total breakthrough in cooperation as the gradual approach of more tense economic...
23 March, 2012, 14:56
16 March, 2012, 19:30
Dmitry Polikanov
Dr. Dmitry Polikanov began his career as a political analyst with a number of Russian think tanks and international organizations.
Being Vice President of the PIR Center (The Russian Center for Policy Studies), he frequently comments on major developments in Russian foreign policy. For almost ten years he has been a guest speaker at the NATO School in Oberammergau (Germany), where he was the first Russian lecturer.
Since 2007, Dr. Polikanov has been working with the ruling United Russia party. He now holds the position of Deputy Head of the Central Executive Committee and is 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.
4 April, 2012, 02:15
Celebration party for new parties
New regulations of the party life have been signed by the president and will come into force April 4. The reform will result in dramatic changes in Russia's political landscape, bringing tougher competition and paving the way into politics for civic activists not engaged with the ruling elite. The nature of the political liberalization initiated by Dmitry Medvedev is simple. The minimal...
5 March, 2012, 01:17
28 February, 2012, 01:51
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.
4 March, 2012, 13:33
A leader for all Russians: Securing a winning future
Now more than ever, Russia needs a leader who, on the one hand, can have the trust of most of the country and on the other hand, is capable of converting this trust into some serious change. In fact, the absence of such change despite the favorable situation that existed in the global economy for the most part of the Noughties is the key political challenge of the last few months. When the...
14 February, 2012, 17:46
7 February, 2012, 18:50
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.
27 March, 2012, 17:44
BRICS: pros and cons
The Fourth BRICS Summit, hosted by New Delhi for the first time this year, looks like another milestone in a short, yet, impressive record of the fast-growing informal block of major emerging economies which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The theme of the summit, formulated as “BRICS Partnership for Global Stability, Security and Prosperity” , spells out the ABC of the...
22 March, 2012, 13:35
13 March, 2012, 17:34
