The “Power of Siberia”: No Longer a Pipe Dream
After two decades of discussion, China and Russia finally agreed this year to share the $77 billion cost of building the “Power of Siberia” gas pipeline from Russia to China.…
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Moshes, Kuchins discuss Russia’s pivot toward Asia
(Bloomberg) As a convoy of white trucks heading from Moscow to Ukraine raises alarm about a potential Russian invasion, Vladimir Putin is opening up a new front on his global…
Marten: Putin continues old deceptive practices with aid convoy
(The Christian Science Monitor) A Russian convoy of over 200 trucks allegedly carrying humanitarian aid to conflict-ridden eastern Ukraine is moving towards a rebel-controlled checkpoint creating an international guessing game…
Two Guys Discussing Russia: Will Russia Invade Ukraine?
(Video Series) Russian politics is increasingly unpredictable. In order to help clarify the issues, Robert Orttung and Sufian Zhemukhov at the George Washington University have launched a new talk show…
New Policy Memo: The Implications of Russia’s Law against the “Rehabilitation of Nazism”
Amid the political turmoil following Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the unrest in eastern Ukraine, the Russian parliament revived a bill criminalizing the “rehabilitation of Nazism” that President Vladimir Putin…
The Implications of Russia’s Law against the “Rehabilitation of Nazism”
Amid the political turmoil following Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the unrest in eastern Ukraine, the Russian parliament revived a bill criminalizing the “rehabilitation of Nazism” that President Vladimir Putin…
New Policy Memo: Russia’s Ethnic Minorities: Putin’s Loyal Neo-Imperial “Fifth Column”
From his insistence in early 2012 on the preeminence of ethnic Russian culture in Russia to his claim in March 2014 that Moscow annexed Crimea to defend the 1.5 million…
Russia Grants Edward Snowden Residency Permit
(The Wall Street Journal) Has a Job, Receives Pay, as Required for the Permit. Former U.S. intelligence employee Edward Snowden is granted a Russian residency permit that may even lead towards…
New Policy Memo: Anger and Prejudice after the Beslan School Hostage Taking
On September 1, 2004, Russia experienced its most appalling act of terrorism in recent history: the taking of approximately 1,200 hostages at School No. 1 in Beslan, North Ossetia, where…
Anger and Prejudice after the Beslan School Hostage Taking
On September 1, 2004, Russia experienced its most appalling act of terrorism in recent history: the taking of approximately 1,200 hostages at School No. 1 in Beslan, North Ossetia, where…