Georgia has experienced a secessionist war in Abkhazia and a conflict with Russia in the past three decades, although the fall of the Soviet Union may also be a factor in religious differences by age. ..…
Moscow favored this undertaking, not least because of the key role Russia had to play and because it fit well with President Vladimir Putin’s Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), launched in 2014. . ..…
Its leaders assumed that the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union would solidify their iron grip on a global business unionism. The prospect of obeisant affiliates within a privatized Russia seemed to put everything that they had desired nearly into their grasp. ..…
mostly drawing on western news sources, from the end of World War II the US has been the driving force for increasing enmity between and first Soviet Union and Russia. ..…
Levin has created a data set in which he found between 1946 and 2000, the U.S. interfered in foreign elections 81 times, while the Soviet Union and later Russia meddled on 36 occasions. ..…
Some former Soviet republics lean toward Russia, others toward European Union . ... And many people say they prefer having strong ties with both Russia and the European Union. ..…
This sentiment prevails even in Orthodox-majority countries surveyed that are members of European Union Bulgaria, Greece and Romania. ... In Soviet republics surveyed that do not have Orthodox majorities, adults are much more likely to say it's more important to have strong ties with European..…
In Russia, 15% say they are unaffiliated – a big decrease from the waning days of the Soviet Union a few decades ago, when a majority of Russians said this about themselves (see Overview). . ..…
It's clear from these examples that Russia's severe crackdown on human rights the worst since the fall of Soviet Union continues unabated. Germany needs to engage with Russia on many bilateral and global issues, and its Berlin makes clear it expects Moscow to live up to its..…
©AFP Germany says it's too early to discuss lifting European Union's economic sanctions against Russia over Moscow's alleged in Ukraine crisis... ..…
Russian President Vladimir Putin calls for restoring ties with EU after the bloc announced anti- Russia sanctions would be extended for another year. Campaigning for June 23rd European Union referendum remains suspended after the murder of Labour Party lawmaker. ..…
By series of sanctions imposed by Russia has been targeted United States and European Union for allegations that Moscow is arming and supporting pro- Russian forces fighting Ukraine.. ..…
After the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, Israel’s largest wave of Jewish immigrants arrived from Russia and other former Soviet republics. ..…
Russia and the former USSR countries are combined in this analysis, even though the Soviet Union was only in existence between 1922 and 1991. ..…
Powell's cautionary comments were the first time anyone in the administration had acknowledged officially that it was acceding to a request by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to delay completion of the 'roadmap' proposal, actually a seven-page document being drafted by the United States, the Europeans,..…
Powell joined Russia, European Union and Annan in crafting Mideast peace initiative. ..…
Russia is emerging as a big geopolitical player, and the European Union needs to realize that it has a resurgent rival on its east. ... Notwithstanding the current situation in Ukraine, the European Union and Russia are in many ways complementary; they both need each..…
The campaign for Eurasian Union is now in the hands of Dmitry Kiselyov, Russia, and since December also the director of Russian conglomerate designed to form national public opinion. ..…
Finally, more than two decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, CFR members are quite pessimistic about the prospects for democracy in Russia. ..…
Four days earlier Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, and the leaders of Ukraine and Belarus had signed a treaty dissolving the Soviet Union. ..…
However, while Russia hosts 12 million immigrants, many are natives of countries that were part of the former Soviet Union. ↩ . . . ..…
., Russia, and European Union that is involved in mediating the peace process... ..…
One was, leaving behind the specialized studies of the previous two decades and embarking on epic three-part history of the transformation of Russia into Soviet Union Russia Under Old Regime, Russian Revolution, and Russia Under Bolshevik Regime. ... He had, and took,..…
European Union's top policy, Federica Mogherini, said this week that European, China and Russia working with Iran to set up special payments system that will allow the countries to avoid economic sanctions that Trump administration seeks to impose on Iran. ..…
As result, America has lost Russia as partner and America has created in Transatlantic Partnership by sanctioning Moscow and imposing tariffs on Beijing and European Union.. Russian- Chinese border is the in the world and, unlike Russia's European border, there were no..…
UNITED NATIONS Iran has ample reason to stay in the nuclear despite the US and the remaining parties on Monday will discuss ways to blunt the effect of impending US sanctions on Tehran, European Union's chief said.. Speaking China, Germany, Russia and Iran, EU's Federica Mogherini made the..…
The European Union (EU) has introduced a Blocking Statue that specifically resists the US unilateral sanctions in fields of economy and finance. Russia has also issued a tit-for-tat anti-sanctions law against the US. ..…
Communism, grotesque caricature: see Soviet Union. See also What About Russia? ... What about Russia? . What is Marxism? . What is Socialism? . BOOKS & VIDEOS . . ..…
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, however, Professor Pipes emerged as an esteemed Western historian in Russia — a novel experience for a man who had been reviled by Soviet historians throughout his career. . ..…
This phrase comes to mind as commentary on the difficulty, complexity, and paradoxes of his position in the intellectual and life of Russia, and because it encapsulates the tragedy of Soviet Union and the society that has emerged from its collapse.. ..…