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PRESS REVIEW russian federation : EU press react: Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's new president

EU press react: Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's new president

Five years after he was deposed by the Orange Revolution, the opposition leader won Ukraine's presidential elections on 7 February, narrowly edging out prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a runoff vote. The Swiss, Czech, Polish and Portuguese press bemoan the rise to power of a politician who is widely regarded as pro-Russian, but believes that Ukraine has now finally proven that it is truly democratic

by eurotopics @ // 08/02/10 - 1 Comment - 1 vote

russian federation, orange revolution, ukraine, viktor yanukovych, viktor yushchenko, elections, euweek

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Image : Crisis, climate change: capturing European identity in a photo (16 images)

Crisis, climate change: capturing European identity in a photo (16 images)

FOCUS russian federation : Brits in the Baltics: Kaliningrad's shed soviet skin

Brits in the Baltics: Kaliningrad's shed soviet skin

‘Where are you from?’ asks Irina, a wealthy Muscovite, ‘and why are you in Kaliningrad?' She’s right to ask - without a McDonald’s or a stag party in sight, it's an unusual destination

by Ed Saunders @ // 28/10/09 - 4 Comment

russian federation, travel

FOCUS russian federation : Finding Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Russian Facebook

Finding Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Russian Facebook

Since early September, the German opposition candidate has had a profile on the Russian e-community network Odnoklassniki.ru, which translates to ‘classmates.ru’. The social democrats are looking for the Russian vote in Germany, which mainly voted for the incumbent CDU party in the 2005 elections

by n- ost @ // 24/09/09 - 1 vote

russian federation, germany, german chancellor, community, bundestagswahlen 2009, frank-walter steinmeier, web 2.0

INTERVIEW russian federation : Nicolai Lilin talks tattoos, Bulgarians and Transdniestria

Nicolai Lilin talks tattoos, Bulgarians and Transdniestria

From Russia to Italy via Transdniestria. Siberian Education, the literary debut of Nicolai Lilin, tells the life story of a young man who, in spite of changing country and culture, has never forgotten the historic traditions of his original community. Interview with the 29 year-old writer and tattoo artist

by Giacomo Rosso @ // 13/07/09 - 8 Comment - 1 vote

russian federation, books, italy, immigration, culture, war, interview

INTERVIEW russian federation : Temuri Iakobashvili: 'Russia loves Georgia; they just don’t love the Georgian state'

Temuri Iakobashvili: 'Russia loves Georgia; they just don’t love the Georgian state'

Obama in Russia, G8, ‘military exercises’ - the post-August war scene looks set to reach 100 political degrees celsius. The vice prime minister of Georgia, 42, on his young political generation, family and mutual love

by Nabeelah Shabbir @ // 30/06/09

russian federation, georgia, michail saakaschwili , dmitry medvedev

Berlin wall: version Vilnius 2009

Berlin wall: version Vilnius 2009

Nostalgic? Nearly two decades after ‘die Wende’, as the Germans call it, the Lithuanian capital has become the EU capital of culture. In 2009 though, it is still fighting its old demons. Russian symbols have been erased without mercy. A cold soviet wind blows through the Baltic republic with regards to energy. Belarusian students find exile in a special university four hours from Minsk. The domestic brain drain is ongoing. Three journalists plus one photographer and one videomaker (see below) hunt the clash of cultures in our monthly cities stop: 'EU Debate on the ground'

FOCUS russian federation : Caviar: the most expensive food in the world

Caviar: the most expensive food in the world

When Louis XV spat those viscous fish eggs which Peter the Great had offered him back into the face of the Russian Tsar, the French king did not know that he was turning down a delicacy which was soon to become the most expensive and coveted food in the world. Plus, recipe

by Fernando Garcia Acuña @ // 19/06/09 - 2 Comment

russian federation, economical crisis, caspian sea, food, environmental protection, receta, environment

FEATURE russian federation : Tourism in arms: the unexpected boost of Russian missiles in Kaliningrad

Tourism in arms: the unexpected boost of Russian missiles in Kaliningrad

When Russian president Dmitry Medvedev announced the deployment of missiles in the Baltic region bordering Poland and Lithuania in November 2008, the western media frowned upon a resumption of the cold war of arms. Kaliningrad has rightly kept its distance from the Russian response to the planned US anti-missile shield, a diplomatic bluff

by kasiakjk @ // 23/04/09 - 1 Comment

russian federation, economical crisis, investment, visa restrictions, anti missile, european union

AGENDA russian federation : The Russian music rundown

The Russian music rundown

As the Eurovision song contest 2009 final takes place in Russia on 16 May, we check out the pop, hip hop and even central Asian choirs marking its music scene today. Music videos

by Karolina Chodorowska @ // 20/04/09 - 7 Comment - 1 vote

russian federation, culture calendar, hip hop, youtube, blues, music, label

NEWS russian federation : Hear the one about the six men on a Mars500 space shuttle in Moscow?

Hear the one about the six men on a Mars500 space shuttle in Moscow?

They'll be closed off from the world for 105 days - but it's all in the name of research. The Mars500 experiment simulates the journey to the Red Planet and focuses on the effects of isolation

by France Dutertre @ // 31/03/09 - 2 Comment

russian federation, mars, moscow, esa, astronauts, rocket, european astronauts

NEWS russian federation : Trade you my anti-missile shield for your Lisbon treaty

Trade you my anti-missile shield for your Lisbon treaty

The incumbent EU president is still making itself the talk of the town. This time, it seems that the treaty will become a tool of pressure in return for the question of a little anti-missile shield. Latest tibit news from Brussels

by Fernando Navarro Sordo @ // 29/01/09 - 1 Comment

russian federation, república checa, missile, euweek, politics, lisbon treaty, united states

OPINION russian federation : Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova: ‘Russian murders shocking, but hardly a surprise’

Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova: ‘Russian murders shocking, but hardly a surprise’

As we mourn our lost Russian colleagues, Belarusians do not forget our own Baburovas, Politkovskayas and Klebnikovs. We remember why they perished. Expresso

by Iryna V @ // 27/01/09 - 6 Comment

russian federation, journalist, freedom of opinion, belarus, best of cafebabel.com, newspaper, presse

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Russian Oil Pipeline to Asia: Reports

There are a two interesting analytical reports on the opening of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) oil pipeline that links Russian oil to Asian markets.

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IRAN – revolution postponed

Revolution in Iran seems to happen only in western dreams and media. Protests took place only in Tehran and a few large cities and are now nearly disappeared. Smaller towns and rural areas have been very quiet whole the time after elections. The opposition may not yet have been defeated ...

AriRusila by AriRusila on arirusila

Is it Time to Bury Nabucco?

Latest developments during last weeks related the EU’s policy of diversifying Europes’s energy supplies give a clear indication that EU’s pipedream – Nabucco – is vanishing while the rival Russia’s South Stream gets a boost both on the ground and updated aims. European Commission has tried enhance Nabucco ...

AriRusila by AriRusila on arirusila

Russia’s new Security and Energy Initiatives

Two new proposals related to European security and energy cooperation was made last week by Russia.During official state visit in Finland Russia’s President Dimitry Medvedev gave a key note speech in Helsinki on April 20th outlining a “new European security structure”.Same day Russia made public goals and ...

AriRusila by AriRusila on arirusila

Twitter revolution – no coup d’etat but big drama anyway

Twitter revolution did not change government in Moldova but created big drama instead including a couple of conspiracy theories and “fast-track” mini enlargement of EU with one million new EU citizens while Moldova possibly losing a quarter its citizens with same deal. So a relatively small improvised demonstration can lead ...

AriRusila by AriRusila on arirusila