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| "Everything must be carried through to the end"
Mikhail Gorbachev
In our transition to democracy we are somewhere in the middle, still far away. We, a country in transition, have not understood what freedom is and how to use it. We do not use democratic institutions in earnest. We must focus on the development of our country, so that people can be proud of it. |
The Road Map of an Anti-Crisis Strategy
Vyacheslav Kopiev
The cynicism of economic nationalism is manifested primarily in appeals to
buy domestic products. Meanwhile, the ability of domestic manufacturers to produce products that would meet the growing requirements of buyers
directly depends on their involvement in the international division of labor. |
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| The Well of Soviet Nostalgia Is Running Dry
Fyodor Lukyanov
Last week, the government criticized a bill that would have made it a criminal offense to deny the Soviet Union’s victory in World War II. United Russia deputies had introduced the measure last year. |
| Tapping Into West’s Modernization Reservoir
Fyodor Lukyanov
At the beginning of 2008, tensions between Russia and the West increased with each passing month, reaching a peak in August during and after the Russia-Georgia war. That was followed by a state of suspension with both sides unsure about how events would unfold. |
| Gorbachev Is the Last 20th-Century Wilsonian
Fyodor Lukyanov
I first met former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in person in 1992 during a round-table discussion. Several months earlier, he stepped down from power. We all expected that Gorbachev, now freed from the burden of authority, would tell us what he was prohibited from saying earlier: the truth about events leading to the end of communism and the collapse of the Soviet Union. |
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The events in South Ossetia have had a strong impact on big politics and on Russia’s ties with the rest of the world. Is a new epoch beginning in Moscow’s relations with the West and its neighbors? What conclusions about the future world order can be made from what has happened? What consequences may this have in the short and long terms? These subjects will be covered in the next issue of Russia in Global Affairs.
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