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BRICS needs a shot in the arm

February 21, 2012 Andrei Ivochkin, Bankir.ru
The threat of “contagion” from the slowdown of global economic growth is real for BRICS countries, but analysts do not expect major crises. For Russia, the danger is particularly tangible.

Moscow air talks to counter EU emission trading

February 20, 2012 Alina Chernoivanova, Gazeta.ru
Pressure on the EU is set to mount as a growing number of influential countries opposing its new aviation emission trading system meet in Moscow to forge a collective strategy.

Finger pointing over bomb blasts

February 16, 2012 Natalya Kovalenko, The Voice of Russia
Israel is absolutely sure that the botched terrorist act in Thailand directly bears on two incidents near the Israeli embassies in India and Georgia. Russian experts comment this situation.

The West tries to steal Burma from China

February 16, 2012 Sergei Balmasov, Pravda.Ru
The U.S. and EU are trying to refocus Burma (Myanmar) from China to the "Western values". However, this will not be so easy, Sergei Balmasov ponders.

Russia and India no longer emerging economies

February 15, 2012 Yevgeny Basmanov, Tatyana Glazkova, RBC Daily
BRIC countries are no longer developing contries, they should rather be called Growth 8, maintains Goldman Sachs Assets head Jim O’Neill.

Russia’s veto and India’s concern over Syrian crisis

February 7, 2012 Dadan Upadhyay, specially for RIR
While Russia ultimately thwarted the Western game-plan of repeating the “Libyan scenario” in Syria, India with other 12 members of the Security Council voted in favour of the resolution.

‘We hear war drums throughout our lives’

February 7, 2012 RT.com
Bahrain's Foreign Minister visited Moscow 6th of February 2012. He discussed how to stem the bloodshed in Syria, foreign relations among the Persian Gulf countries and development of nuclear energy in the region.

In defiance of the UN

February 6, 2012 Kommersant FM
Russia and China once again blocked the UN resolution condemning Syria and have been severely criticised by the West. Yet experts view this stance as reasonable.

The conundrum of Iran

February 3, 2012 Leonid Savin, International Affairs magazine
Even though there is no doubt that Washington will win in the "Iran game" in the narrow sense, the US would have to take a vast array of pertinent problems into account – expert.

Calls to stop Syria 'killing machine' at UN as Russia, China slam sanctions

February 1, 2012 RT.com
A major diplomatic battle over the fate of Syria has begun at the United Nations, with Russia and China the only permanent Security Council members challenging the UN's right to ‘meddle’ in sovereign states’ internal problems.

Will India join NATO’s war in Afghanistan?

January 30, 2012 Vladimir Sotnikov, The Middle East Institute
Can India use its transfer station card for NATO military cargo in the American-Indo-Pakistani “big game” in Afghanistan?

Iran sanctions: India exploring Russia payment route

January 29, 2012 Igor Kryuchkov
With the US and the EU imposing fresh sanctions against Iran, India is exploring all possibilities to keep the Iranian oil flowing. One of the options - firming up an arrangement with Russia’s Gazprombank for paying to Iranian oil.

Falling, one BRIC at a time

January 24, 2012 Oleg Nikishenkov, The Moscow News
After 10 years of rapid growth, the good times could be coming to an end for Brazil, Russia, India and China, the so-called BRIC group of emerging economies.

What brought down Phobos-Grunt?

January 19, 2012 Andrei Kislyakov, specially for RIR
The cause of the Phobos-Grunt failure lies not in the stars, or in U.S. radars, but within the Russian scientific community

China – USA: Struggle for Control of Pacific

January 16, 2012 Vladislav Gulevich, Strategic Culture Foundation
China’s intensifying efforts to raise its profile in the geostrategic area is something seen with the naked eye. US analysts sound the alarm saying the Chinese simply “pick up” the countries the US administration failed to build relationships with.

More questions than answers in North Korea

January 16, 2012 Andrei Ilyashenko, RIR
As Kim Jong Un succeeds his father, political experts around the world wait to see if he will bring about new dialogue with the North Korea’s neighbors or if he will continue the isolationist policies of his predecessors

China declares its space ambitions

January 11, 2012 The Voice of Russia
NASA has ended its Shuttle program. Now, China has announced its ambitious plans in the space industry to do many of the things that the US and Russia have done earlier in their space programs.

CSTO emerging as an alternative to NATO

January 10, 2012 Dadan Upadhyay, specially for RIR
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a seven-member regional security bloc led by Russia, is rapidly expanding its profile in the evolving global security architecture.

A decade of better BRICs

December 21, 2011 Jim O Neill, The Moscow Times
Jim O'Neill, who coined the acronym BRICs, compares emerging markets economy of 10 years ago and nowadays.

Kim Jong-il dies

December 19, 2011 Russia Today TV Channel
North Korea's veteran leader Kim Jong-il has died at the age of 69. A tearful announcer at North Korea’s state television, dressed in black, said on Monday the “Dear Leader” had died on Saturday morning of fatigue and over-work.
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