'Four-way oil swap win-win for India-Russia'
May 23, 2012 Combined reports
A four-way oil swap between India, Russia, Japan and the Gulf producers would be a win-win situation for New Delhi and Moscow, a noted strategic expert
Shaping a Far East dream
May 23, 2012 Anna Arutunyan, The Moscow News
A new state-run company with vast powers may be created to transform Siberia and the Far East into a dynamic economic region
Russia announces the new Cabinet
May 21, 2012 RIA Novosti
President Vladimir Putin replaced the unpopular education and health ministers, renewed most of the economic bloc, formed two new offices and split one ministry in the new Cabinet
From Chisty to Chisty
May 17, 2012 Dr Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra
Perhaps it is time to cultivate more the teachings and spirit of Khawaja Moinuddin Chisty, which can show the way for peace, stability and development in the region.
Space prospects: agenda for a hundred years
May 22, 2012 Alexei Fenenko, RIAC
The great space powers of nowadays only partially managed to repeat the Soviet and American achievements of 1960. The world is sort of back to 1957 – the starting point of space exploration
Superjet – Down but not out?
Experts are divided over the prospects for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 after the tragic crash in IndonesiaDreams of leaps
May 17, 2012 Tai Adelaja, Russia Profile
Economists see hard-to-overcome hurdles in the implementation of Vladimir Putin's economic agenda
Logistical nightmares
May 16, 2012 Tai Adelaja, Russia Profile
World Bank experts investigate what kind of logistics difficulties business faces in Russia
Russia trounced Slovakia 6-2 in Sunday's final to win the world hockey championships title for the fourth time in the modern era and the first time since 2009
For Alla Dulh, a painter from Saint-Petersburg, India used to be just another place on her must-visit list. But four years ago she settled in Himalayas, and says it keeps her creative juices flowing
A Tibet enterprise has been given the go ahead to build a 15-meter-high Buddha statue, to be placed atop a mountain outside the Tuvan capital of Kyzyl
The honor of wearing the crimson beret
May 14, 2012 Daria Gonzales, RIR
The Russian special forces must survive one of the world’s most difficult competitions to earn the right to wear the crimson beret, the symbol of their status
“Islamic factor” in Russia's migration policy
May 11, 2012 Aleksei Starostin, RIAC
Today Russia have come to understand that migration and Islam are closely inter-connected, and if one disregards this connection, country can face serious problems which Europe has already encountered
Russian observers go to Syria
May 21, 2012 Igor Kryuchkov, Moskovskiye Novosti
But small number of participants sends mixed signals to the international community
Safety, cost meet head on in Arctic oil race
May 17, 2012 Irina Filatova, The Moscow Times
The government is discussing a plan to create a technology hub in the northern city of Sevedvinsk to explore the Arctic's offshore hydrocarbon deposits.
Putin 3.0: Creating hedges for the next decade?
May 17, 2012 Vivan Sharan, Samir Saran, specially for RIR
Is Putin going to lessen the Russian dependence on stagnant European demand for oil and gas despite the favourable terms of trade and rely on the hard-bargaining China?
20 years on, CSTO focuses on threats to Central Asia
May 16, 2012 Konstantin Bogdanov, RIA Novosti
With its membership now stable, the Collective Security Treaty Organization has shifted its focus to resolving conflicts and dealing with terrorist threats in the post-Soviet space, predominantly in Central Asia.
A hundred steps upward to encourage business
May 21, 2012 Alexei Kvasov, Vedomosti.ru
Vladimir Putin has determined his main economic goal for his new presidential term – for Russia to rise 100 places in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings, from 120th to 20th
Back to the future: Putin 2018
May 16, 2012 Fyodor Lukyanov, Ogoniok magazine
A utopian political experiment with an uneasy beginning and a happy ending. Fyodor Lukyanov takes a look at May 7, 2018
Conflict in the South China Sea and India’s interests
May 16, 2012 Boris Volkhonsky, The Voice of Russia
Russian indologist expresses his view on India's participation in territorial conflict between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea
Russian toe in the Indian Ocean
May 4, 2012 Vadim Nesterov, Lenta.ru
The publication of Evgeny Sergeev's book shed light on the key geopolitical intrigues in Central and Eastern Asia that are still influencing the political landscape of the Eurasian continent
What Stalin thought of Gandhi and Nehru
May 3, 2012 Valeriy Kashin, specially for RIR
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin saw India's independence as a sham and its iconic leaders like Gandhi and Nehru as counter-revolutionary forces. Stalin's attitude only shows how ideology can prejudice diplomatic relations
