Russia

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The rise of Jihadism in Syria

Paul Rogers says the growing influence of home-grown and foreign fundamentalists makes a negotiated settlement even more urgent…

Wed Sep 12 04:15:00 2012
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All aboard the Pussy Riot bus!

Campaigners will take to Moscow’s streets later this week to demand that the punk band’s members be released from jail.…

Mon Mar 26 03:58:00 2012
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Fraud, rebellion and the decline of Putinism

Allegations of ballot stuffing in this year’s Duma elections have sparked the biggest protests in Russia in almost two decades…

Sat Dec 17 11:43:00 2011
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Soviet nostalgia: thank you, broken promises

In search of Soviet nostalgia, Giedre Steikunaite finds a chaos of memories, failed dreams and a nagging longing for a simpler world.…

Mon Sep 12 05:01:00 2011
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The former Soviet republics: 15 siblings with little in common

Independent but still ‘brotherly republics’? Maybe not, says Giedre Steikunaite.…

Thu Aug 25 04:53:00 2011
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The August 1991 putsch: digging the USSR’s grave

Twenty years ago, the failed coup d’état marked the beginning of the end for the USSR…

Fri Aug 19 03:56:00 2011
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Obama and the denial of genocide

This April, Barack Obama broke campaign promise #511, namely to explicitly acknowledge the Armenian genocide as US President…

Mon Jun 22 10:06:00 2009
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The new superpowers

As US power falls, people-power is rising...Never before has a United States Presidential election been given so much coverage in the Western World as its being given now…

Tue Aug 19 16:00:00 2008
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Homeward Bound

Think globally…

Tue Mar 4 14:00:00 2008
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Human Rights Olympics

The starters' gun has gone off…

Wed Feb 20 09:45:38 2008
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