| February 2012 |
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While the nation’s leaders work at overhauling the Navy organization, the Navy itself continues to order new ships.
Following recent street protests in Russia, international attention has been focused on the country’s political scene.
NATO Transit Hub May Be Established in Central Russia \ Putin Promises 100 Steps to Meet Businesses Halfway \ If Not Putin, Who?
The bitter cold that has gripped the European part of Russia these last few weeks is certainly a case for concern as people come out for political rallies but there is another group of people who don’t get as much press, yet their lives literally hang in the balance when the weather gets extreme.
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Those who hoped that the IAEA visit to Iran would open the door to resuming talks on Tehran’s nuclear programs must be disappointed. Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency spent three days in Iran, whose news agency published only a few short notices about their visit.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili finally got what he couldn’t get for several years: an official visit to the White House.
Marginally Honest Elections: Russians Hope for the Best / Ukraine Unofficially Links Russian Navy Base with New Gas Deals / Former Moscow Mayor Takes up Farming
Next Thursday (February 2), the UN Security Council will vote on a new West- and LAS-sponsored draft resolution on Syria urging President Bashar al-Assad to resign and delegate his powers to Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa.
The Russian space agency Roscosmos announced the cause of the Phobos-Grunt space probe failure on Tuesday: it was a software malfunction in its onboard computer.
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Falling Demand Could Bring Oil Prices Down / Severe cold sets in for another ten days, from Baikal to Europe / Moderates invited to alternative rally
Whether there were eight or fourteen thousand of them (figures differ even in official reports), the massive rally held in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Urals region, in support of “stability” (read – PM Vladimir Putin) was an impressive affair, especially by Russia's provincial standards.
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In his recent article, “We Need a New Economy,” prime minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin combines elements of different and sometimes contradictory economic theories – from neo-liberalism to the basic tenets of Marxism.
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The European Union (EU) has decided to ban the import of Iranian oil, but not for another six months. Iran however, looks like they are about to call the EU’s bluff and ban exports to Europe with immediate effect.
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Difficult Choice: Which Taxes to Raise? \ Moscow Authorities Seek Early Spring Break to Preempt Student Protests \ Viktor Bout receives another refusal
Watching Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky do nothing is an edifying experience and infinitely more interesting, I’d wager, than watching any of his rivals do pretty much anything at all.
The plan that the U.S. Defense Department has published will allow the Pentagon to save about half a trillion dollars and will reduce the country's armed forces by 100,000 people. The Pentagon claims the plan will not diminish the U.S. army's capabilities but this seems to be an effort to put a good face on the matter.
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