Search: Russia,Post-Soviet states (3 materials)

Russian Writer Evgeny Chizhov: Writers Should Stay away from Both Authorities and Opposition

... them with a noticeable Asian accent. In your novel, the main character, the poet and translator Oleg Pechigin, also plays the part of a useful idiot, one that secures the illusory international recognition for the authoritarian People’s Leader. Do Russia and other post-Soviet states share Koshtyrbastan’s need for a foreigner that would pat on them on the shoulder and say that everything is going to be fine? Yes, this is the reverse side of the coin, the inevitable consequence of the special path that Russia ...

10.09.2018

Russia’s Political Agenda in the Post-Soviet Space

... shifting sensitive issues from the multilateral agenda to the level of bilateral relations and attempting to solve them through “micro-management” as these relations become more difficult. EAEU members play on the deterioration of relations between Russia and the West. Bilateral relations with the majority of the post-Soviet states are determined by the fact that the key value for their elites is the stability of their regimes. Russia thus remains the main foreign policy beacon for them. An increasingly pragmatic approach is being taken towards bilateral economic ...

21.03.2017

Soft Power: Reality and Myth

(Invitation to debate) By the beginning of 2016, Russian experts came around to the opinion that Russia had not been applying enough effort to capitalize on information technology (including through public diplomacy) in order to promote its image abroad. Two solutions have been offered to the question ...

29.01.2016

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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