Материалы: June, 2012

A. Samohin – Attempts to Revise History and the Outcome of World War II. Russian Trace or Reflection on a Given Topic.

The 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 […]

Asia’s Future and Russia’s Policy

The rapid rise of the giant Asian region, which is becoming the global leader of economic growth, has only recently attracted the close attention of analysts worldwide. For Russia the rapid progress of its Eastern neighbors is of critical relevance. Of the 17.1 million square kilometers of Russia’s territory, Asia accounts for almost 14 million. […]

Would moving capital kick-start Russian economic reform?

By Fareed Zakaria A bold proposal recently caught my eye: One of Moscow’s top academics says Russia should build a new capital city. This city would be far, far away from Moscow,4,000 milesto be exact — in Vladivostok. Why? Well, the person who proposed the idea, Sergei Karaganov of Moscow’s Higher School of Economics, wrote in […]

Russia: a capital in Vladivostok?

by Isabel Gorst Now the elections are out of the way, investors are waiting to see if Vladimir Putin has any new ideas up his sleeve to promote the development of Russia and avoid economic stagnation. One of the country’s leading political scientists has come up with a bold scheme: build a new capital at […]