Sunday, May 24, 2015

Moscow Can’t Maintain Current Levels of Military Spending for Much Longer, Guriyev Says

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Paul Goble               Staunton, May 24 – The Russian government cannot afford to maintain its current levels of military spendi...

Which of Many Russian Languages Defines Putin’s Russia World?

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Paul Goble               Staunton, May 24 – Vladimir Putin insists that the unity of the Russian nation and the basis of what he c...

Narva is Not Next, Kasekamp Says

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Paul Goble             Staunton, May 24 – Since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and its continuing subversion of other parts of Ukra...
Saturday, May 23, 2015

The EU Eastern Partnership has Failed as a ‘Buffer Zone,’ Portnikov Says

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Paul Goble               Staunton, May 23 – The EU’s Eastern Partnership program has proven incapable of being a buffer zone betwe...

West Caving on Crimea But Kyiv Can Ultimately Get It Back, Piontkovsky Says

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Paul Goble               Staunton, May 23 – The West appears to have accepted the deal Vladimir Putin has been offering the last mon...

Disaster Brewing on Afghan-Turkmen Border Seen Hitting All of Central Asia

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Paul Goble               Staunton, May 23 – More than 900 ethnic Turkmen families, perhaps has many as 5,000 people, are caught be...
Friday, May 22, 2015

Russia Now in ‘a State of War for Survival with the US,’ Russia Today Commentator Says

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Paul Goble               Staunton, May 22 – Rostislav Ishchenko, a commentator for Russia Today who gained notoriety for arguing t...