Trump’s vision of US‑Russian relations must confront reality
As his nominee for secretary of state awaits confirmation, Donald Trump is under pressure to explain what his views on Russia actually are.
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Ukraine: why the sanctions won’t topple Putin
The president’s regime has been planning for a trip to the international deep freeze for many years.
The Soviet Union is dead! Long live the Russian economic union
Plummeting oil prices, conflict over Ukraine and the West’s imposition of sanctions have contrived to send the Russian economy into a tailspin. But it is not just Russia that is suffering – the economic…
Paris climate talks: Russia will use its huge forests as a bargaining chip
Russia wants recognition for its huge forests and will ensure any climate deal doesn’t harm its economic interests.
Russia’s silence on climate change helps no one
Russia is the fourth largest producer of greenhouse gases, but has shown little initiative and remained quiet among the turmoil at the UN Conference of the Parties (COP) climate summit in Warsaw. The hottest…
Putin is sure to win, so what’s the point of elections in Russia?
Russia operates a system you might describe as ‘electoral authoritarianism’.
Ukraine war: grim spectre of chemical and biological weapons raises fears of Putin’s dirty arsenal
While it hasn’t admitted it, the world is sure that Russia has used the banned weapons in recent years.
Despite rhetoric, Russia and US can’t afford another Cold War
The United States has denounced the Russian involvement in Crimea as “a brazen military incursion” and its annexation of the territory as “nothing more than a land grab” by Moscow. In the pre-referendum…
Russia’s borders: while Moldova shivers, is Belarus beginning to thaw?
Belarus and Moldova are two former-Soviet states which have moved in very different directions since the end of the Cold War. Moldova has looked firmly west, but struggled to escape Russia’s influence…
Ukraine and Russia: why troop build‑up unlikely to lead to all‑out war
Tensions are high, but a Russian invasion is highly unlikely.
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