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Ivanov- Šainović: The Russian James Bond

16:52 16.01.2013 Vladislav Gulevich

Ivanov- Šainović: The Russian James Bond

In Athens on January 7th, 2013, the 70th anniversary of the execution by the Nazis of British intelligence agent number 033V, Jerzy Ivanov-Šainović, was solemnly marked. This man's name is known to almost every Pole and Greek, but it is unknown in Russia. He was an extraordinary man: multilingual (he …

Brunei Darussalam Ratifies The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

21:03 14.01.2013

Brunei Darussalam Ratifies The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

Vienna, 14 January 2013 Brunei Darussalam has ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), becoming the 158th country to do so. Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), welcomed the move: “This is not only a step towards a safer and more peaceful …

Russian helicopters in Mexico

15:00 29.11.2012 Yuri Nemtsev

Russian helicopters in Mexico

The day before Mexico`s National Navy Day, Mexico received another batch of Russian military helicopters. We are talking about a new delivery of the Mi-17V-5 model, which is made by the Kazan Helicopter Plant. The helicopters were delivered in accordance with a contract signed in December 2011, between the Russian …

"Mittelstadt" - The German Economic Miracle

17:08 26.11.2012 Armen Oganesyan

"Mittelstadt" - The German Economic Miracle

Mittelstadt is a small town, barely visible on the map of Germany. However, the word is well known to economists around the world, and in Bonn there is a research institute which deals exclusively with Mittelstadt issues. In fact Mittelstadt is a collective image of unknown terrain. This is the …

The Landscape After The Battle

13:35 08.11.2012 Armen Oganesyan

The Landscape After The Battle

It was said many times in the course of the election campaign in the U.S. that foreign policy, and in particular Russian-American relations, was not a priority. Is this true? In such a tense struggle even nuances and shades of political interpretation could be the deciding factor. As for today's …

"I was asked to become the second wife ..."

13:36 06.11.2012 Armen Oganesyan

"I was asked to become the second wife ..."

Ten years ago Ekaterina Sizova came to the Egyptian town of Dahab, to do her favorite thing professionally - windsurfing. Little by little a Russian "diaspora" of surfers gathered around. Also tourists. She had the idea to open a surfing school for teaching beginners and rent out equipment to those …

Democracy in America today (I)

15:00 05.11.2012 Dmitry Minin

Democracy in America today (I)

Who has more rights to human rights?Washington believes that one of the achievements of its propaganda and diplomatic machinery was that after a meeting in Helsinki in 1975, they managed to make the so-called “third basket “which in the main placed emphasis on human rights. Decade after decade, the United …

The Battle of Borodino 1812

15:00 01.11.2012 Mark Rapley

The Battle of Borodino 1812

Victory and Failure The bi-centenial of the Battle of Borodino, which along with the great Patriotic War of 1941 to 1945, is one of the two great features of modern Russia’s historical identity, has prompted an understandable frisson of patriotic pride in the Russian nation. It is well deserved. The …

Pussy Riot in Post-Culture Context

15:00 19.09.2012 Armen Oganesyan

Pussy Riot in Post-Culture Context

The ado about Pussy Riot seems to be subsiding now that the story has led to a court verdict. Speaking in Finland, Russian diplomacy chief S. Lavrov warned the media against hysteria over the case and urged respect for the legitimate judicial decision, while in Russia the Orthodox Church called …

Secrets Behind September 11

15:00 11.09.2012 Nikolai Malishevski

Secrets Behind September 11

Surveys conducted across the US show thatthe majority of Americans, including senior citizens old enough to remember the US entry into World War II, regard the September, 11, 2001 drama as exceeding in historical importance the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. Speaking of the latter, these days it is an open …

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