Russian Federation
Government crisis continues in Ukraine
By Niall Green and Julie Hyland, July 6, 2006
Talks are continuing between Ukraine’s parliamentary factions to resolve the standoff that has held up the formation of a new government more than three months after elections.
Putin’s speech to the nation: Tensions increase between the US and Russia
By Patrick Richter, May 22, 2006
The timing could have hardly been more apposite for addressing the increased tensions between Russia and the US. On May 10, one day after ceremonies to mark the 61st anniversary of the end of the Seco...
Spelling freedom as O-I-L
Cheney lectures Russia on “democracy”
By Bill Van Auken, May 6, 2006
In a carefully scripted political provocation, US Vice President Richard Cheney delivered a bellicose speech in Lithuania condemning Russia for violating the democratic rights of its people and using ...
Bush courts Azerbaijani president as part of build-up against Iran
By Simon Whelan, April 27, 2006
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev is to meet President George W. Bush on April 28 in Washington. The surprise invitation extended to Aliyev is wholly due to Azerbaijan’s geographical proximity ...
Behind the collapse of Ukraine’s “Orange Revolution”
By Niall Green, April 6, 2006
Ukraine’s March 25 parliamentary elections and the subsequent back-room deals between the main political actors have exposed the fraudulent nature of the so-called “Orange Revolution&rdquo...
A closer Russia-China “strategic partnership” cemented with oil and gas
By John Chan, April 4, 2006
The visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to China on March 21-22 was a further sign that Moscow and Beijing are moving closer to one another in response to Washington’s increasingly hostile...
Forbes’s billionaires list and the growth of inequality in Russia
By Vladimir Volkov, April 3, 2006
The American business magazine Forbes recently published its list of the world’s billionaires for 2005, which included 33 Russian citizens, illustrating once again how the political life of cont...
The Ukrainian parliamentary elections and the fraud of the “Orange Revolution”
By Patrick Richter, March 29, 2006
The Ukrainian parliamentary elections, held March 26, have thoroughly deflated the myth of the “Orange Revolution.” Just 15 months after Victor Yushchenko was elected president in what his...
Wagging the dog in Belarus
By Tom Carter, March 27, 2006
On March 19, elections were held in Belarus in which the incumbent president, Alexander Lukashenko, was reelected. Since Lukashenko was declared the winner, public officials and media pundits in the U...
Belarus: imperialist intervention in presidential election
By Niall Green, March 18, 2006
In the presidential election being held Sunday, March 19, in the former Soviet republic of Belarus, incumbent Alexander Lukashenko faces three rival candidates.
Russian gas supplies resume, but relations with Georgia and Armenia remain tense
By Simon Whelan, February 9, 2006
Gas supplies restarted to Armenia and Georgia on January 30, just over a week after attacks on Russian pipelines had cut off the two countries.
The gas conflict between Russia and Ukraine
By Peter Schwarz, January 5, 2006
The halting of Russian gas supplies to Ukraine for three days this week brought to a head a long-smoldering conflict between the two successor states of the former Soviet Union.
