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Russia-Europe: crisis with no end in sight

Today, Russia and Europe are further apart than they were at the end of the Cold War. For the Euro-American grouping, Russia’s heavy-handed internal and foreign policies are unacceptable, while Moscow believes the broad West, led by…

The Green Man of Russia: Alexei Navalny

After several chemical attacks that left him partially blinded, opposition leader Alexei Navalny was unexpectedly given a passport on May 4 to allow him to seek medical treatment abroad. The Kremlin irritant had lost his travel privileges…