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Russia and Qatar: Prospects for Coordination in the Gas Sphere

14:00 08.11.2010 Igor Tomberg

Russia and Qatar: Prospects for Coordination in the Gas Sphere

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the emir of the state of Qatar, met with Russian president D. Medvedev, prime minister V. Putin, and Gazprom's top brass in Moscow on November 2-3. In Moscow's widely publicized reading, the energy security should include the security of suppliers, and from this standpoint …

The WikiLeaks Enigma

14:00 03.11.2010 Elena Pustovoytova

The WikiLeaks Enigma

What the phenomenon of WikiLeaks, a powerful outlet of classified information, reflects is not only the immense potential of the Internet but also the fact that the implementation of a sophisticated program of brainwashing must be underway. The very first outburst of former secrets – the Afghan dossier containing reports …

The Dawn of the Rousseff Epoch

14:00 02.11.2010 Nil Nikandrov

The Dawn of the Rousseff Epoch

The majority of polls picked Dilma Rousseff as the frontrunner on the eve of the presidential runoff in Brazil. Brazil's outgoing president Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, a hyper-popular leader whose rating at the final stage of the term in office topped 80%, strengthened Rousseff's bid for presidency by reiterating …

The Two Myths Behind Globalism

14:00 01.11.2010 Konstantin Gordeev

The Two Myths Behind Globalism

As a new world order ideology, globalism has to rely on myths for its own advancement. The key myths behind globalism are that the world is facing an ever-growing terrorist threat (the notion routinely serves to justify downright genocide disguised as war on terror) and that carriers of various cultural …

Russia-ASEAN Summit: Attempting to Crush Stereotypes

14:00 31.10.2010 Igor Tomberg

Russia-ASEAN Summit: Attempting to Crush Stereotypes

On October 30, Russian president D. Medvedev attended the second Russia-ASEAN summit in Hanoi (the first Russia-ASEAN summit convened in Kuala Lumpur in 2005). The forum was meant to give a boost to the cooperation between Russia and East Asian countries which, as a Kremlin official related to the media …

CIA in Paraguay, or How to Get Rid of a President

15:00 28.10.2010 Nil Nikandrov

CIA in Paraguay, or How to Get Rid of a President

Paraguay's current president Fernando Lugo used to be known as "the bishop of the poor". He made a fairly quick career in the Roman Catholic church's hierarchy, became a bishop, and later was overwhelmingly voted in as the country's president. Inaugurated on August 15, 2008, he planned to bring profound …

To Be Or Not To Be? On the 65th UN Anniversary

15:00 27.10.2010 Alexander Mezyaev

To Be Or Not To Be? On the 65th UN Anniversary

The UN celebrated its 64th anniversary on October 24, 2010. Over the epoch of its existence, the UN established itself as the modern world's main international organization guaranteeing key international agreements and serving as a framework for a number of highly efficient international forums such as the United Nations Educational, …

A Visa of Contention

15:00 27.10.2010 Pyotr Iskenderov

A Visa of Contention

In early November interior ministers of the EU`s 27 member states are going to discuss visa-free regime with the Balkan states. These are expected to be really hot debates with the EU chiefs probably revising the earlier approved principles and schedules. Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Serbia …

Will the Special Relationship Between the US and Great Britain in the NATO Framework Stay Afloat?

15:00 26.10.2010 Yuri Rubtsov

Will the Special Relationship Between the US and Great Britain in the NATO Framework Stay Afloat?

US Secretary of State H. Clinton said in a comment on the Strategic Defense and Security Review submitted to Great Britain's House of Commons that the country will remain the most capable US partner in the military sphere. In the past, the ties between the US and Great Britain used …

Russian President Medvedev in Turkmenistan

15:00 24.10.2010 Igor Tomberg

Russian President Medvedev in Turkmenistan

President D. Medvedev's recent talks with his Turkmen colleague Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow in Ashgabat produced significant results. Importantly, the leaders of the two major gas-exporting countries brought to the negotiating table consonant assessments of the current state of the European gas market. As Russian deputy prime minister I. Sechin explained the …

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