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Moshes: Moscow was merely attempting to minimize the effect of future scandals

(RBTH) Business daily Kommersant reports that on the eve of June’s EU summit, at which the question of extending sanctions against Russia will be considered, relations between Moscow and Brussels have been shaken…

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Popescu: The disappearance of unbelievable amounts of cash raises questions about the integrity of Moldova

(New Europe) In the schoolmaster culture of European Neighborhood policy in Brussels, a few things can be missed from evaluation report to evaluation report. This time, a lot has been…

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The Kremlin Grows Nervous About the Future—and With Good Reason

(EDM) It is still difficult to figure out what sorts of conclusions President Vladimir Putin drew from the long meeting he held with US Secretary of State John Kerry two…

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Sushko: Ukraine shouldn’t “cherish illusions”

(Kyiv Post) A week before Eastern Partnership summit in Latvia, European Union leaders remain critical of Ukraine’s slow progress. The Eastern Partnership summit on May 21-22 in Riga will gather representatives…

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Soft Power with a Scalpel

Russian soft power has a new face: biker Alexander Zaldostanov, aka “The Surgeon.” The widely publicized tour of his Night Wolves motorcycle club, with all its carnivalesque and pretentious absurdity through parts…

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Gazprom Must Compromise on EU Charges, but Putin Cannot

(EDM) The European Commission delivered, on April 22, a “statement of objections” resulting from its probe launched back in September 2012, which amounts to charging Gazprom with abusing its dominant position…

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Cooley: Tsipras is playing to his base; Putin is cultivating the impression that Greece might be friendly

(CNBC) Fear is running amok yet again that the cash-strapped Greek government will default on its loans to its European partners and the International Monetary Fund. While its fate is still…

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New Book! Russia’s Postcolonial Identity: A Subaltern Empire in a Eurocentric World

This book applies postcolonial theory to Russia by looking at it as a subaltern empire. It pushes postcolonial studies and constructivist International Relations towards an uneasy dialogue, which produces tensions…

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New Memo: Torn Between Patriotism and Economic Necessities: Russia’s EU Borderlands & the Food Embargo

In response to Western sanctions, in August 2014 Russia introduced an embargo on meat, dairy, fruits, and vegetables from the EU, Norway, Australia, Canada, and the United States. The ban…

Torn Between Patriotism and Economic Necessities: Russia’s EU Borderlands after the Food Embargo

In response to Western sanctions, in August 2014 Russia introduced an embargo on meat, dairy, fruits, and vegetables from the EU, Norway, Australia, Canada, and the United States. The ban…

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Moshes: Moscow was merely attempting to minimize the effect of future scandals

Popescu: The disappearance of unbelievable amounts of cash raises questions about the integrity of Moldova

The Kremlin Grows Nervous About the Future—and With Good Reason

Sushko: Ukraine shouldn’t “cherish illusions”

Soft Power with a Scalpel

Gazprom Must Compromise on EU Charges, but Putin Cannot

Cooley: Tsipras is playing to his base; Putin is cultivating the impression that Greece might be friendly

New Book! Russia’s Postcolonial Identity: A Subaltern Empire in a Eurocentric World

New Memo: Torn Between Patriotism and Economic Necessities: Russia’s EU Borderlands & the Food Embargo

Torn Between Patriotism and Economic Necessities: Russia’s EU Borderlands after the Food Embargo