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15. May, 2020
Andrey Kortunov: Cooperation with the West Will Only Happen When Russia Modernises
We are facing a generational change among the leaders of the world’s great powers.
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24. Apr, 2020
Gleb Morev: As Veterans Died, the Meaning of 9 May Changed
The Russian publicist thinks pure and simple revanchism is starting to take root in Russia.
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20. Feb, 2020
Historian Andrey Zubov: Concluding the Tartu Peace Treaty With the Bolsheviks Was a Moral Mistake for Estonia
The treaty gave Soviet Russia the chance to legitimise itself
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19. Dec, 2019
Vladivostok Political Scientist: China May Deliver Ultimatums Even to Russia in the Future
China’s military capability is a thorn in the side for Moscow
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22. Aug, 2019
Trenin: Russia may support Estonia’s initiatives in UN Security Council if it serves Moscow’s interests
Thanks to membership of the Council, Estonian diplomats can gain additional professional skills.
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01. Mar, 2019
Moldova’s Long Road to Joining Romania
Moldova is looking for its place between Russia and the EU
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21. Dec, 2018
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Still Relevant Today
Yevgen Zakharov started fighting for human rights in the 1970s.
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28. Nov, 2018
Abkhazia Is Tired and Disappointed
Abkhazian journalist: It’s complicated to build a country based on the rule of law.
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06. Jul, 2018
The Kremlin’s Message to Yerevan: Have Your Power Shift, But Remain Our Loyal Vassals
Armenia has no serious foreign-policy partners besides Russia
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08. Jun, 2018
Kyiv Political Scientist: Ukraine Wants a New Leader, But There Are No Candidates
Ukrainians are more interested in economic questions than corruption
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16. Mar, 2018
Moscow’s Baltics Expert: Even “Good Behaviour” Won’t Give Estonia the Same Status as Finland
Russia cannot understand what it has done to its neighbours
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16. Jun, 2017
Dulles’ Plan as a Diagnosis for Russian Society
Russian society has a tendency to believe in conspiracy theories
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28. Apr, 2017
“‘Lovers get to work!’ This is the way the country is run”
The Belarusian economic model will not hold together for much longer.
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10. Feb, 2017
Kaliningrad: An Opportunity in Russia–EU Relations?
Kaliningrad is preparing to celebrate the 300th anniversary of philosopher Immanuel Kant’s birth.
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28. Nov, 2016
Director of the Carnegie Moscow Centre: Putin Likes the Fact That Trump Is Not Another Hypocritical Western Leader
The outgoing US administration painted itself into a corner with the Ukraine issue, says Dmitri Trenin.
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19. Aug, 2016
25 Years After the Moscow Putsch: What Did Events Look Like from Within the KGB?
The head of the KGB press service believes that Mikhail Gorbachev betrayed everyone.
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10. Jun, 2016
FSB Information Warfare Specialist: Russia will Quickly Establish Private Military Units
The Baltic States form too small a region for a serious confrontation between Russia and the US to arise there,…
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20. Apr, 2016
A View from Donetsk: Autonomy for the Donbass Would be a Good Deal for Kyiv
Ukraine is struggling to explain its policies to eastern Ukrainians.
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13. Nov, 2015
Putin’s Former Speechwriter: Changes to be Demanded in Russia
Support for the Kremlin does not appear to be unwavering in the long term.
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21. Aug, 2015
Russian State Archives Director: “I Am Not Sure the Russian People Want to Know Their History”
Sergei Mironenko talks about the first months of the Soviet–German War, the Molotov– Ribbentrop Pact and access to the Russian…
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13. Mar, 2015
Former Kremlin Official: Putin’s Russia Moving Towards Salazar’s Portugal
The West is not ready for Russia’s nuclear blackmail.
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21. Nov, 2014
Expert: Putin has become an Information Hostage of the FSB
One of the most respected Moscow-based experts on Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), Andrei Soldatov, tells Diplomaatia about the unexpected…
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03. Jun, 2014
Maria Lipman: Putin has the Initiative—Everything is Possible
“You have to understand that Putin can do anything and have anything done, since he has completely unlimited power. However,…
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