Condoleezza Rice’s visit to Moscow and A brilliant future for Russia
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Moscow has provided further evidence for the old formula: the number of publications equals - no, not...
PARTY-BUILDING: DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION, OR A "NEW PRO-GOVERNMENT PARTY"? ALSO: THE HOPES AND ERRORS OF...
The "Kommersant" newspaper commented that the Union of Right Forces (URF) congress, at which Boris Nemtsov was elected leader of the unified party, operated...
THE RESULTS OF THE SUMMIT AND THE FATE OF RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY: GEORGE BUSH’S PREFERENCES...
According to a poll done by the National Public Opinion Research Center, on the eve of the presidential summit in Moscow most respondents (39%)...
READING THE PAPERS LIKE TEA-LEAVES
Not an administrative reform but rather "an administrative revolution" - thus, the magazine Itogi believes, the first stage of the transformation started by Russian...
The president and the citizens: a conversation?
"Let's maintain the suspense on that," said Vladimir Putin after his live broadcast, when journalists asked him what he plans to do after 2008....
For a Decent Life in the new left-wing opposition: a clash on the left
In the latter half of April, the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) surveyed the current support ratings of political parties. Just as on December 7,...
The week’s stories: president’s blitzkrieg turns into a position war
"President Putin's first defeat", was Kommersant's appraisal of the results of the president's attack on the rights of regional leaders. The Duma, which swiftly...
THE NEW ST. PETERSBURG TEAM VERSUS THE OLD YELTSIN TEAM, IN AN OIL WINTER
Russia's period of relative economic prosperity is drawing to a close. This thought has been ubiquitous of late, directly stated or by implication, in...
PARTIES AND POLITICIANS ARE DOING ELECTION RECONNAISSANCE: THE POLITICAL SEASON IS OVER – LONG...
Spring session of the Senate is over; and, by tradition, the political season has also ended. However, at present it is difficult to speak...
THE WEEK OF KASIANOV’S SECOND ANNIVERSARY AS PRIME MINISTER
The "Vremya Novostei" paper called the decision of the Russian government to lift all restrictions on oil exports (introduced on January 1 at OPEC's...
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