Arvamus
Tšerkessi faktor
Andres Herkel

Viimase paarikümne aasta jooksul on meil palju räägitud tšetšeenidest, kuid oleme peaaegu unustanud tšerkesside olemasolu. ...
 
How to trade spies
Edward Lucas, Eastern Approaches (Economist.com)

Time was when spy swaps took place in icy geopolitical conditions, often over the Glienicke ...
 
States: The New Strategic Defaulters
Josh Barro, Real Clear Markets
When we talk about a Greek default, the concern is that Greece is literally unable to pay its bills: more bonds come ...
 
Moscow gold, really truly
Edward Lucas, Eastern Approaches, (Economist.com)

Worries about Communist penetration of western society during the Cold War attract more scoffers ...
 
Energy security concerns of the Baltic states
Merle Maigre, ICDS

Energy is an issue of rising importance for the Baltic Sea area. The ICDS study by Merle Maigre looks at the main challenges to ...
 
Russia today dominated by ‘the ‘70s Generation,’ Moscow analysts say
VIENNA, July 6 – Most discussions about the impact of generations in Russia have focused on “the generation of the 1960s,” the famous ...
 
Airwaves wobbly
Edward Lucas, Eastern Approaches (Economist.com)

Fans of weirdly constructed propaganda have long enjoyed watching the programmes of Russia ...
 
"Normaalne"
Summer brings me out from under my suburban rock and into the city to witness life once again in my self-appointed role as an amateur anthropologist. ...
 
Juhtkiri: Uitmõtteid G-dest (3)
Eelmisel nädalavahetusel Kanadas toimunud G8 ja G20 riikide rühmituste tippkohtumistel olid keskseteks teemadeks kolmanda maailma aitamine, ...
 
Viido veerg: Päike ja jalgpall (1)
Kui meieni jõudis uudis, et Energy Smart OÜ-le määrati Keskkonnainvesteeringute Keskuse (KIK) poolt korralik toetus päikeseenergiapargi ...
 
Kommentaar: Kas tõde on kandiline või siiru-viiruline?
Loen must-valget kultuurilehte Sirp, kus on tihti asjalikku diskussiooni, milles kasutatakse vahel vasarlikku sõnarelva. Paistab läbi tugev endise ...
 
The Russian ‘soul’, myth or reality?
It’s been a topic of conversation for years – the contradictory nature of the Russia psyche. On the one hand tolerating the brutalities and ...
 
Continuing support for Stalin reflects ‘irrational idolatry’ of the state, scholar says (1)
STAUNTON, June 28 – Continuing popular support for Joseph Stalin reflects “the irrational idolatry” of the state that the Soviet dictator ...
 
European Court of Human Rights: Latvia did not violate European Convention
The case of Vassili Kononov (b. 1923) has taken many twists and turns. A Latvian national until 2000 when he was granted Russian citizenship. Kononov ...
 
Vaba Eesti – ainus mõeldav reaalsus (3)
Kõneldes 22. juunil Rakvere gümnaasiumi lõpuaktusel ütles direktor Aivar Part: “Te olete eriline lend gümnaasiumilõpetajaid Eesti ajaloos - ...
 
Andestamise võimatusest ja võimalikkusest (1)
President Toomas Hendrik Ilves ütles küüditamise mälestuspäeval peetud kõnes: “Meie oleme alles. Me läheme edasi andeks andes, aga mitte ...
 
Lada ja pulmapidu (1)
Aastaid tagasi ostsin ma ühelt noorelt Võrumaa mehelt Aivolt tema vana auto Lada. Tema hoolitseb nüüd ka mu Lada korrasoleku eest ja aitab ...
 
Gazprom Again Reconfigures the South Stream Project
Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 7 Issue: 121, June 23, 2010

Bulgaria’s suspension of the South Stream project on its territory ...
 
Germany and Russia Move Closer
George Friedman | STRATFOR

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will brief French and Polish officials on a joint proposal for ...
 
Instead of Joining the Eurozone, Estonia Ought to keep the kroon and go off the Currency Board Arrangement (50)
Estonia is on the brink of discarding her own currency - the kroon - and replacing it with the euro of the so-called “eurozone” of the European ...
 
Smug and wrong
E.L., Eastern approaches

SMUGNESS is rarely in short supply in western Europe. But here is a particularly prime example from the Spanish paper El ...
 
If Obama were Putin, and BP were Yukos...
Eastern Approaches

LONDON - Imagine BP spilling oil in Russian waters. Imagine Vladimir Putin, Russia’s prime-minister, castigating BP, ...
 
BP-type spill in Caspian would be ‘a catastrophe,’former Russian Energy Minister says
CARLISLE, June 22 – As horrific as the consequences of the BP spill have been in the Gulf of Mexico, a former Russian fuel and energy minister ...
 
A President for half of Poland?
In between rounds of the Polish presidential election, we take a backward glance at a turning point in the country’s modern history.
Aleksander ...
 
Registered Bastard (1)
“This has no apostille!” So said the lady at the registry of births who examined my marriage certificate. I was trying to register my newborn son ...
 
St. Petersburg officials try to block distribution of book critical of Putin
VIENNA, June 16 – Militia officers in Russia’s northern capital reportedly have seized part of a shipment of copies of a new book by Boris ...
 
Tagasi     136  137  138  139  140  141  142  143  144  145  146  147  148  149  150    Edasi