How long will the Kudankulam deadlock last?
Tamil Nadu protests may hit India-Russia nuclear “roadmap”
How serious is Putin 2.0?
The fight against corruption is at the top of Russia’s political agenda and one of the key points of Vladimir Putin’s electoral platform.
The midnight hour for nuclear disarmament
The doomsday clock's hands were moved a minute closer to midnight by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Russia and the US clash over approach to fighting Afghan drug trafficking
Anti-narcotic initiative suggested by Washington was promptly blocked as potentially counterproductive by Russia
Projecting on Syria
Russia’s influence in the Middle East, or rather, what was left of the Soviet influence in the region, is fading away. Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria, Moscow’s last ally, finds itself in an increasing international isolation and fights for its life
BRICS flame continues to shine
Just as the fizz seems to be going out of the BRICS grouping, the member countries have scrambled to put their act together.
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Putin 2.0: Insight from experts
RIR offers a series of opinions from experts who talk about Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's latest article on the country's foreign policy
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Iran neither friend nor foe
When Russians look at Iran, they see a country that has been their neighbor and rival forever
US wants to come back to Asia
Indian expert Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan experesses her opinion on US, China and Russia relations.
Putin takes on international politics
In his last article describing his positions before the presidential vote, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin lays out his vision for Russia’s foreign policy
Putin and Russia’s yearning for change
Predicting the outcome of democratic elections is fraught with risks. Russian electorate sought political stability. The rejection of the liberal camp and the rise in the popularity of the Left contained its own political message.
Russia defending principles in Syria, not Assad
In taking a firm stance against international intervention in Syria, Russia is protecting not President Bashar Assad, but the principles of international law
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Can an investment climate be improved from the top down?
The Russian government has proposed that all state-owned companies pay out the same level of dividends, but this is contrary to the behavior of companies in the free market
Strengthening the international legal system
Today Russia’s foreign policy is more than self-serving – it seeks to uphold the international institutions that have served the world as a whole for the last 60 years.
A clarion call for emerging markets
Rising income inequality, corruption and pervasive inequities create a toxic brew that undermines economic growth of developing countries.
Iran wants Russia to remain firm on foreign policy
Iranian ambassador to Finland Seyed Rasoul Mousavi shared his views on the turbulent decade in the Middle East.
Campaigning on the street, online and in polling centers
The newfound political activism among Russians is manifesting itself during this year’s presidential election campaign in three new ways – on the streets, on the Internet, and in the polling place
“Most Russians won’t support nationalists”
Leokadia Drobizheva is the director of the Center for Study of Interethnic Relations of the Sociology Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. She spoke with Sergei Melnikov about nationalism in Russia today.
Afghan peace talks: coping with frogs
The two-day trilateral summit of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, which concluded in Islamabad on Friday, has exposed the fault lines in the Afghan peace process.
How Putin reduces the gap between poor and rich
Luxury tax and one-time tax on large assets that were obtained during the 1990s - these are two proposals that might attract voters on Russian presidential elections.