Author – Fedor Velyakin The circumstances of the death of Polish officers buried in sadly famous Katyn forest, has never been a secret for the residents of Smolensk. But these people never kept silence at all, they never had any reasons or motives for this. Simply nobody ever asked them and, even more do not […]
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Old-growth intact problems of Russian forest policy
14/06/2012by D.F. Efremov Recently, the draft of Russian Forest Policy has been published on the website of the Federal Forestry Agency – a very urgent and expected document. Based upon its status, it is not yet final version and that, what its final editorial would be, depends on extensive participation of the professional forestry community […]
Strange Interpretation of the History
5/06/2012By Volker Schmidt The Government of Estonia on the basis of the law is going to declare the veterans’ Waffen-SS “freedom fighters. If we remember the Holocaust, the intention of this kind should be called a manifestation of the historical blindness. When during a family holiday somewhere in Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia next table were […]
A. Samohin – Attempts to Revise History and the Outcome of World War II. Russian Trace or Reflection on a Given Topic.
5/06/2012The theme of our victory in the World War II became be more and more interesting for foreign politicians and mess media. Our history is studied almost under the microscope, but not for the sake of searching the truth and not for the sake of history itself. The basic idea is to convince the population […]
Why Putin’s Re-Election Means Turbulence Ahead
8/03/2012The End of the ‘Reset’ Why Putin’s Re-Election Means Turbulence Ahead Andrew C. Kuchins – March 1, 2012 (photo by Wolfgang Wildner / flickr) When it comes to Russia’s political future, the only guarantee is uncertainty. Yes, on Sunday Vladimir Putin will be elected president of Russia for a six-year term, with a comfortable majority […]
Alexandr Pyatkov – Features and Padoxes of the Current Stage of the Russian Electoral Process
14/02/2012A. Pjatkov, Doctor of History, professor of Far Eastern branch of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Service at the President of the Russian Federation, the department of State and Municipal Construction. We are at the last electoral cycle, when parliamentary elections directly flow […]
Andreas Umland – How to Make Russia Democratic?
8/02/2012Without a broad coalition, effective pragmatism and collaboration with liberals in the ancien regime, the “White Revolution” will end as miserably as earlier Russian democratization attempts. Russia’s relationship to democracy has been historically closer than some people, both in and outside ofRussia, assume. As early as December of 1825, Tsarist Russia experienced an abortive palace […]
Lee Jay Walker – Japan Continues to Play the Nationalist Card Against the Russian Federation
6/02/2012
It is sometimes difficult to understand Japan’s stance towards the Russian Federation given the reality that American forces are based in various parts of Japan. Therefore, why is the nationalist card being turned on and off when it suits? The Japanese Foreign Minister, Takeaki Matsumoto, was dismayed after the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Sergei Ivanov, […]
Alexander Anisimov – Problem of the “Northern Territories” in the Japanese-Russian Relations
31/01/2012Russian-Japanese relations are characterized by their territorial problems, the essence of which is that Japan has insisted on the return of the islands of Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and Habomai, without which it is not going to conclude the peace treaty. In 2011, this problem has worsened. The Ministry of education of Japan allowed for use […]