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Regathering of the Russian Lands

By AK | Published: January 27, 2010
I have long noted Russia’s resurgence back into the ranks of the leading Great Powers; I predicted that the global economic crisis will not have a long-term retarding impact on the Russian economy; and within the past year I have bought into Stratfor’s idea that the defining narrative now in play in Eurasia is Russia’s [...]
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New Russia-Georgia War?

By AK | Published: August 4, 2009
Whispers of war are heard in the Caucasus, as the anniversary of last year’s South Ossetian War approaches. Will the guns of August be fired in anger to mark the occasion? Vote below. This poll will be open throughout August. (Image left: Russian S-300 being unloaded in Abkhazia).
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News 2 Mar

By AK | Published: March 2, 2008
The most important development has been Medvedev’s election to the Presidency with 70.2% of the vote. While it has not been squeaky clean (and as such, no different from any other Russian election under either Yeltsin or Putin), the more hystryonic claims of voter intimidation are to be treated with a pinch of salt – [...]
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