Russia

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the five central Asian republics Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kirgizstan have (re-) emerged as independent states. The task of building new state institutions and a functioning…

È il gigante dell’energia per eccellenza, così ricco di risorse naturali, petrolio, carbone e gas, da riuscire a utilizzarle anche come strumento di influenza nella sfera geopolitica. Ma la Russia sembra aver capito che gli equilibri…

The summer of protests in Moscow and across Russia has shown that the fight between the Kremlin and the opposition is a long-term game with both sides having their own strengths and weaknesses. The Russian economy is stagnating (real GDP…

La Russia si è sempre mossa come un pendolo fra Oriente e Occidente, fra impeti slavofili e ritorni occidentalisti, a livello culturale prima ancora che politico. Come scrisse Pëtr Čaadaev nelle sue Lettere filosofiche, “la Russia…

Relations between Russia and China may be at their warmest since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, whose 70th anniversary on October 1 prompted Russian President Vladimir Putin to remind Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang,…