CK: Khloponin: Authorities' Blunders Contribute To Spread Of Extremism
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posted by eagle on February, 2011 as Imperialism
Khloponin: authorities' blunders contribute to spread of extremismOn February 9, Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), said, when meeting students in Nalchik, that the main reason for the spread of religious extremism and terrorism is the growth of corruption as a result of "essential deficiencies of the authorities, both regional and federal." Mr Khloponin's meeting with students of the leading universities of Kabardino-Balkaria was held as a questions-and-answers session. The event was attended by about two hundred persons. According to the Plenipotentiary, extremism stems, first of all, from authorities' blunders, which also contributed to social injustice, when "innocent people are punished, while those guilty are not; some people are allowed to break the law, while others are not." He also named the "bandit property division" among the main reasons for the spread of terrorism. According to his story, "many of those who hide themselves under Islam are ... >> full
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Window On Eurasia: Russia’s Structural, Fiscal And Demographic Trends Producing A Disaster, Standard & Poor’s Says
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Window on Eurasia: Russia’s Structural, Fiscal and Demographic Trends Producing a Disaster, Standard & Poor’s SaysPaul Goble
Vienna, February 14 – Unless Russia carries out serious fiscal and political reforms, within 40 years, its state debt will rise to almost six times its GDP, a situation that will exacerbate and be exacerbated by its demographic decline, in which by mid-century, the "weight” of pensioners on working age Russians will be twice what it is today.
Those are the stark conclusions of a study conducted by the Western rating agency, Standard & Poor’s, and a disturbing reminder of the way in which the structural, fiscal and demographic trends of Russia, like those of many other countries, are interconnected and thus that much more difficult to solve (www.nr2.ru/rus/320244.html).
And while such interconnections are often the subject of discussion in Western countries, most research on Russia, including by Russian specialists, have typically focused ... >> full
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Window On Eurasia: Each Region In Russian Federation Has Its Own ‘Nationality Policy,’ Expert Says
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Window on Eurasia: Each Region in Russian Federation has Its Own ‘Nationality Policy,’ Expert SaysPaul Goble
Vienna, February 10 – Even as Moscow attempts to come up with a nationality policy for the Russian Federation, each of the country’s federal subjects has pursued its own specific policy in this area, something that means regardless of what the center does, Russia already is a country with a multitude of official nationality "policies,” according to a leading Moscow expert. In an essay on the "Russky zhurnal” portal, Rostislav Turovsky, a political scientist at Moscow State University who specializes in regional issues, notes that "in the majority of Russian regions, a carefully thought out and well-based nationality policy simply does not exist” (www.russ.ru/pole/Tehnologiya-nacional-noj-politiki). But in those places where it does exist -- predominantly ethnic Russian or not -- the actual policy varies widely depending "on the personality of the governor” and on whether ... >> full
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Jamestown Foundation: A Long Way To Zero: Moscow Remains Reluctant To Take The Next Step
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A Long Way to Zero: Moscow Remains Reluctant to Take the Next StepPublication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 30 February 11, 2011 02:22 PM Age: 21 hrs With the ratification of the START III agreement by the Russian Duma and Federation Council in addition to its signing by President, Dmitry Medvedev, the treaty reached the final stage of becoming a binding agreement for the two major nuclear powers involved. The formal exchange of the signed documents by Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, and US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, marked the culmination of that process. The treaty is the most evident success in the Obama administration’s "reset” policy with Russia and the first step toward the goal of "Global Zero” in nuclear disarmament, which President Obama endorsed in his speech in Prague in April 2009. At that time Obama warned that such a process would take generations. The successful negotiation ... >> full
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The Daily Record: It Is Imperative For U.S. To Understand Russia
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It is imperative for U.S. to understand Russia
By STEVE HUSZAI Staff Writer
WOOSTER -- The College of Wooster's Great Decisions lecture and discussion series continued Tuesday with its focus on understanding Russia, viewed as the chief rival to the United States for the latter half of the 20th century. Peter Baker, a White House correspondent for the New York Times and contributing writer for New York Times Magazine, spent nearly four years living and working in Russia as a correspondent for the Washington Post with his wife, Susan Glasser. They also wrote a book about Russia, focusing on the rule of Vladimir Putin in the early 21st century. Baker described the various freedoms Russian citizens have gained since the fall of the Soviet Union nearly 20 years ago. But he juxtaposed those freedoms with serious issues facing Russia and the day-to-day lives of citizens if they fall out of line. "To be clear, it's not the ... >> full
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