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Russia and Putin in perspective - readout from the phone-in performance 2016
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Can Russia really be attractive globally without being a successful partner in the regional context?
If Trenin is right that Russia has failed both in its Western and Eurasian ambitions - how can it then suceed by reaching out proactively to the non-West?
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Towards a Russian comprehensive approach in its national security strategy - excerpt from the security council meeting 3 July 2015:
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The traumatic shift - from the 2003 European Security Strategy:
-- To THE EU strategic review - key excerpts on Russia:
Important set of polls undertaken by PEW research in Russia on NATO as a threat, on perceptions of the WEst, on confidence in Putin generally, as regards Ukraine, on economic dev in Russia, on Ukraine joining..
A very convincing argument in favour of a soft power approach in combination with a firm but nonagressive hard security posture.
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Look in the handbook!
The message to Russia? For the time being one very clear to the Russian leadership and a completely different one to the Russian people.Should we not be more cautious when projecting trends based on very short term data?
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Newsweek from Kaliningrad:
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nemtsov and pressure on putinchanges in Kreml presidential administration
who gave the order to kill nemtsov?
russia left behind in globalization?
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See article by Ken Roth in NYT
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Killing of Boris Nemtsov - 2 suspects detained (picture AP)
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