Posts Tagged
Russian Far East

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  2017/11/07 - 00:46 • Analysis & Opinion, Russia

  Ukrainian nation disappearing in Russia, Kyiv ethnographer says

  The once large Ukrainian nation within the borders of what is now the Russian Federation is rapidly disappearing, the result of out-migration to Ukraine, elimination of the nationality line in the passport, and assimilation by the more...

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  2017/09/08 - 11:16 • Analysis & Opinion, Russia

  Russian fears about China’s aspirations east of the Urals on the rise

  Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing and Siberia has generated widespread attention to what Moscow may do to try to boost the economy and build up the population of Russia east of the Urals, something that comes at a time when Russian...

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  2017/03/13 - 12:09 • Analysis & Opinion, Russia

  “Putin is War; Putin is Death” and other neglected Russian stories

  The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often appears to be is far too large for anyone to keep up with. But there needs to be a way to mark those which can’t be discussed in...

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  2016/07/08 - 05:59 • Analysis & Opinion, Russia

  Deteriorating situation in Russian Far East becoming a disaster for Moscow

  Five news stories over the past few days suggest that Moscow faces a set of disasters in the Russian Far East that is likely to cast a shadow on the entire country by highlighting the failure of Kremlin policies in a variety of areas and...

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  2016/02/17 - 09:23 • Analysis & Opinion, Russia

  Russian nationalists oppose Moscow’s plan to resettle Ukrainian refugees in Far East

  Duma deputies are proposing and the Russian Ministry for Far Eastern Development has come out in support of a plan to resettle as many as 50,000 Ukrainian refugees from the Donbas who had fled their own country because of the war ignited...

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