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Отношение Запада к России изменится, когда изменится сама Россия Один из самых устойчивых отечественных мифов – нелюбовь Запада к России. Россияне воспринимают западную критику как проявление ненависти, а не как […]
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Развитию России мешают комплекс великой державы, «местечковое» мышление и нефтегазовый менталитет Возможно, кто-то читал статью «Innovation, by Order of the Kremlin» («Инновация декретом Кремля») в The New York Times. Впрочем, […]
Read MoreBBC posts article “Davos 2010: ‘Perceptions of China are wrong’”
The boss of metals giant Alcoa, Klaus Kleinman, has said there are a lot of misconceptions about China in the West.Speaking on a panel at Davos, Mr Kleinman said it […]
Read MoreПарадоксы модернизации
Парадоксы русской модернизации Modernity – западно-европейское изобретение, а не китайское. Попытаемся разобраться в том, что такое modernity, выяснив попутно некоторые западные unspoken assumptions – «непроговариваемые предположения». Ведь именно они объясняют, […]
Read MoreOfficial reports confirm Russia remains far behind the developed world
Moscow. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – President Putin has frequently complained that international reporting on Russia is biased and unfair, that the media focus on the bad news rather […]
Read MoreThe West vs. the Rest?
MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is in Moscow this week on an official visit. He first met President Putin in 2005, and since […]
Read MoreA good week for Putin? The G8 summit and the St. Petersburg Economic Forum
MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – At first sight, President Vladimir Putin and Russia had a good week. During the G8 summit in Heiligendamm in Germany, Putin made a […]
Read MoreG8 summit – national differences likely to dominate common interests
MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has tried hard to concentrate on “Growth and Responsibility” as the theme for this week’s G8 summit in Heiligendamm […]
Read MorePutin goes to Europe
MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – Following the visits to Moscow by the German and American foreign ministers and the EU-Russia summit in Samara, Russia and the West agreed […]
Read MorePutin’s state of the nation: inconsistencies hinder Russia’s development
MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – President Putin’s last state of the nation address to the Federal Assembly and various representatives from Russia’s regions, religious faiths and other organizations, […]
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