http://www.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo.gif http://www.rferl.org en-US Copyright 2009 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:08:43 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Russia has only a limited window of opportunity within which it can hope to achieve its maximum objectives in Ukraine, while Ukraine has only a limited number of options for developing its relations with the Russian Federation in such a way as to ensure its survival as an independent state, according to two leading Kyiv-based specialists on international relations. http://www.rferl.org/content/Ukraines_Options_To_Counter_Russia_Are_Limited/1829268.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Ukraines_Options_To_Counter_Russia_Are_Limited/1829268.html Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:07:06 +0000 Commentary http://www.rferl.org/content/Ukraines_Options_To_Counter_Russia_Are_Limited/1829268.html#relatedInfoContainer Three of the four national republics the Russian Constitutional Court earlier this month ordered to drop references in their constitutions to republic sovereignty and citizenship are dragging their feet. That reluctance reflects both the importance of these terms to many non-Russians, and the calculation that resistance to the center could yield dividends. http://www.rferl.org/content/National_Republics_Resist_Moscows_Demand_To_Amend_Constitutions/1760801.html http://www.rferl.org/content/National_Republics_Resist_Moscows_Demand_To_Amend_Constitutions/1760801.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:30:03 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/National_Republics_Resist_Moscows_Demand_To_Amend_Constitutions/1760801.html#relatedInfoContainer A new Russian Constitutional Court decision represents the opening round of a new Moscow campaign against the Russian Federation's so-called ethnic republics, and thus is certain to provoke new tensions between the central government and the peoples and governments of these republics. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Constitutional_Courts_Unconstitutional_Decision/1751391.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Constitutional_Courts_Unconstitutional_Decision/1751391.html Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:57:52 +0000 Commentary http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Constitutional_Courts_Unconstitutional_Decision/1751391.html#relatedInfoContainer Russians are increasingly choosing the Internet over other media outlets in their pursuit of "objective" news, a reflection both of their judgments about the quality of reporting, and their dwindling ability to purchase increasingly expensive newspapers and magazines during the current economic crisis. http://www.rferl.org/content/Study_Russians_Trust_Internet_More_Than_Other_Media/1377314.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Study_Russians_Trust_Internet_More_Than_Other_Media/1377314.html Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:38:01 +0000 Commentary http://www.rferl.org/content/Study_Russians_Trust_Internet_More_Than_Other_Media/1377314.html#relatedInfoContainer Given the influence of the government and its security organs on the church hierarchy at present, it is also possible -- and, again, like in Soviet times -- that the real decision about who will be the next patriarch will not rest with either foreigners or these representatives of various professions, but rather will be made by the Kremlin, even if it is not formally represented. http://www.rferl.org/content/Will_Foreigners_Elect_Next_Russian_Patriarch/1370089.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Will_Foreigners_Elect_Next_Russian_Patriarch/1370089.html Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:02:48 +0000 Commentary http://www.rferl.org/content/Will_Foreigners_Elect_Next_Russian_Patriarch/1370089.html#relatedInfoContainer In the immediate aftermath of the Russian military intervention in Georgia, most diplomats focused on what might be done to resolve, or at least minimize, the international fallout. Most commentators focused on the ways in which this one event might herald a new Cold War. But already, those two groups are paying less attention to these scenarios and instead are considering the ways in which the Georgian events are having an impact on an increasingly large number of more general issues around ... http://www.rferl.org/content/Assessing_The_Global_Impact_Of_Russias_Aggression_In_Georgia/1196070.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Assessing_The_Global_Impact_Of_Russias_Aggression_In_Georgia/1196070.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:17:04 +0000 Commentary http://www.rferl.org/content/Assessing_The_Global_Impact_Of_Russias_Aggression_In_Georgia/1196070.html#relatedInfoContainer The combination of change and continuity is very much on display in three concentric circles around Georgia: first, in the former Soviet republics of which Georgia is a part; second, in the Russian Federation itself; and third, in Russia's place in the broader international system -- particularly its relations with Europe and the United States. http://www.rferl.org/content/After_Ossetia_Some_Things_Change_And_Some_Remain_The_Same/1191331.html http://www.rferl.org/content/After_Ossetia_Some_Things_Change_And_Some_Remain_The_Same/1191331.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:32:35 +0000 Commentary