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Russia and the West – polar opposites or two sides of the same coin? Part III

By Ian Pryde on March 07, 2007 in International Relations/Geopolitics, Media, Politics, Russia, The West

MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) The Western and Russian media – not quite so different Western critiques of press freedom in Russia look somewhat ironic against the background of […]

Russia and the West – polar opposites or two sides of the same coin? Part II

By Ian Pryde on March 06, 2007 in International Relations/Geopolitics, Politics, Russia, The West, United States

MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) Russia and Chechnya – and Stalin Chechnya is of course the black spot on Russia’s recent record. But it also shows the immense difficulty […]

Russia and the West – polar opposites or two sides of the same coin? Part I

By Ian Pryde on March 05, 2007 in International Relations/Geopolitics, Russia, The West

MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) Introduction After returning to Frankfurt after my first extended stay in Moscow in 1988, my German Russian teacher agreed with my observation that the […]

Central Asia – the distorted reality

By Ian Pryde on February 22, 2007 in Central Asia, China, Europe, International Relations/Geopolitics, Islam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Media, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United States, Uzbekistan

MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) The inauguration of Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov on February 13 as the new president of Turkmenistan was notable for his speech announcing greater access to the […]

No Fear of Russia Exploiting the Developing World

By Ian Pryde on February 13, 2007 in Africa, Asia, China, Economy, Energy, Eurasia, India, International Relations/Geopolitics, Russia, The Middle East, Transport

Russia and China are becoming increasingly integrated in the global economy and both have stepped up their activity sharply in Africa, Latin America and Asia in recent years, trends that […]

Russia, the West and Energy: A Question of Double Standards?

By Ian Pryde on February 06, 2007 in Energy, International Relations/Geopolitics, Media, Russia, The West

MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – It is hardly surprising that the main headline in the Western media from President Putin’s annual press conference with Russian and international journalists […]

Taking Stock: Stabilization Fund Looks for a New Investment Strategy

By Ian Pryde on January 06, 2007 in Economy, Energy, Finance, Oil, Russia

Although Russia reaped much criticism recently for consolidating its energy sector under state control, its management of windfall oil revenues has been more politically and economically correct. The value of […]

Russia fails to capitalize on IT excellence

By Ian Pryde on December 18, 2006 in Economy, IT, Russia, Technology

Moscow. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – Russia’s IT sector, like much else in the country, is characterized by screaming contradictions. Russia has an advanced IT solutions industry, and it […]

Selling off the Railways – Russia’s huge railway network is starting to break up

By Ian Pryde on December 14, 2006 in Economy, Russia, Transport

Published in Trendlline Russia, a series of sponsored supplements on the Russian economy commissioned by RIA-Novosti and published with the print editions of The Daily Telegraph (UK) and The Washington […]

Russia’s National Projects: A first, short step?

By Ian Pryde on December 14, 2006 in Economy, Russia

During his five-year tenure as prime minister in 1990s, Viktor Chernomyrdin frequently stated that Russia needed hundreds of billions of dollars to modernize its economy after decades of inadequate investment […]

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