http://en.redtram.com/ russiaprofile.org Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:32:31 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 285833 | Every Man for Himself http://en.redtram.com/go/232902362/top100/ 232902362 Andrei Makarov's announcement has caused a commotion. Back in the day he was a reactionary lawyer who brilliantly defended members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency, and then became a progressive politician of Boris Yeltsin's stature. He Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:33:36 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232902362/top100/ 285833 | Backed into a Corner http://en.redtram.com/go/232072232/top100/ 232072232 For over two years, Russia has had an $800 million contract with Iran to deliver the S-300 anti-aircraft missile, a particularly fearsome piece of equipment that Iran - and its enemies - believe could tip the balance in defending its Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:31:59 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232072232/top100/ 285833 | Dangerously Explosive http://en.redtram.com/go/232072207/top100/ 232072207 At first glance it can be said that the four-hour long meeting of Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, which took place in Munich on November 22, brought no results. The meeting followed the same agenda Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:31:47 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232072207/top100/ 285833 | One Step Back, Two Steps Forward http://en.redtram.com/go/231667201/top100/ 231667201 On November 19, the likelihood of a gas conflict between Ukraine and Russia at the end of this year appeared to have been significantly reduced after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made a key concession on gas trade at a meeting Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:39:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231667201/top100/ 285833 | Dead for a Cause http://en.redtram.com/go/231475357/top100/ 231475357 Anti-Fascists marched in central Moscow on Sunday in memory of Ivan Khutorskoy, a leader of the informal Antifa movement who was murdered last Monday. Khutorskoy's death came just weeks after the arrest of two alleged neo-Nazis for the murder of Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:14:48 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231475357/top100/ 285833 | Managing Sunrise http://en.redtram.com/go/231475330/top100/ 231475330 А proposal President Dmitry Medvedev made during his second State of the Nation Address to the Federal Assembly - to reduce the number of time zones in Russia - has become one of the most controversial topics under debate in Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:14:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231475330/top100/ 285833 | Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: the State of Medvedev's Nation http://en.redtram.com/go/231015480/top100/ 231015480 Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev delivered another lofty message last week, speaking for a record one hour and forty minutes during his second State of the Nation Address. Medvedev reiterated the scathing analysis of Russia's problems and the country's failure to Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:56 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231015480/top100/ 285833 | Suspended Sentence http://en.redtram.com/go/231015463/top100/ 231015463 The Russian Constitutional Court has ruled to extend the moratorium on the death penalty until it is formally abolished by ratification of article six of the European Convention of Human Rights. This "final and un-appealable" decision effectively puts an end Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:51 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231015463/top100/ 285833 | Grafting the Future http://en.redtram.com/go/231015425/top100/ 231015425 Sponsors of President Dmitry Medvedev's anti-corruption campaign have little to celebrate a year after its launch, since on November 17 Transparency International (TI) reported next to no improvement in Russia's endemic corruption problem. TI's Corruption Perception Index for 2009 ranked Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231015425/top100/ 285833 | Warm Partners http://en.redtram.com/go/230811687/top100/ 230811687 Russia and the European Union made a show of putting climate change on the agenda at their summit in Stockholm on Wednesday. But while Europe is increasingly anxious to ensure emissions can be slashed by 20 percent before 2020, Russia Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:13:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230811687/top100/ 285833 | Understanding Insurgency http://en.redtram.com/go/230811665/top100/ 230811665 On November 11 President Dmitry Medvedev made his annual State of the Nation Address to the Federation Council. But if a year ago, the head of the Russian state focused on the challenges of foreign policy, this year the central Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:13:15 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230811665/top100/ 285833 | The Pied Piper http://en.redtram.com/go/230612459/top100/ 230612459 Europe's stalling Nabucco gas pipeline project took another blow on November 14, as Slovenia's economy minister signed a deal in Moscow confirming Slovenia's participation in the rival South Stream pipeline. The Russian-led project, which will deliver Russian gas to Europe, Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:40:47 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230612459/top100/ 285833 | A Russian to Marry http://en.redtram.com/go/230612440/top100/ 230612440 A recent poll has dispelled the stereotype of the Russian mail order bride after finding only a small percentage of Russian women interested in marrying a foreigner. However, dating agencies dispute the claim that the popularity of foreign husbands is Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:40:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230612440/top100/ 285833 | Stalin's Many Funerals http://en.redtram.com/go/230612424/top100/ 230612424 Russia's attitude toward Stalinism is rightly perceived not merely as an internal issue, but as a matter of interest for all the nations that suffered from this evil. However, the United States, the EU countries and the Western community at Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:40:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230612424/top100/ 285833 | Bouncing Off the Wall http://en.redtram.com/go/230612413/top100/ 230612413 The recent anniversary, 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, spurred a welter of negative emotions. Some people claim that the years following the collapse have been a major disappointment, that many other barriers have sprung up in Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:40:10 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230612413/top100/ 285833 | Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: 20 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall http://en.redtram.com/go/230280335/top100/ 230280335 World leaders gathered in Berlin this week to praise the fall of the Berlin Wall as the event that united Germany, freed Eastern Europe and ended the Cold War. But seen from the vantage point of the past two decades, Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:53:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230280335/top100/ 285833 | More Influential Than Oprah Winfrey? http://en.redtram.com/go/230110327/top100/ 230110327 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued another call for Russia's modernization in his State of the Nation Address on November 12, but critics say the speech lacked practical substance. Medvedev promised to set forth "concrete plans" for carrying out Russia's modernization Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:25:54 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230110327/top100/ 285833 | The Fate of a Foreigner http://en.redtram.com/go/230110307/top100/ 230110307 Director Karen Shakhnazarov's film "Ward 6" will fly the flag for Russian cinema at the Academy Awards next year as Russia's nominee in the "best foreign film" category. But how likely is this picture to win, and will it even Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:25:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230110307/top100/ 285833 | A Matter of Principle http://en.redtram.com/go/229928939/top100/ 229928939 In the summer of 1999 Vadim Chuganov was drafted into the army. In the spring of 2000 he was killed in one of the most disastrous (and celebrated) battles of the second Chechen war. Now his mother is suing the Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:51:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229928939/top100/ 285833 | Masked Danger http://en.redtram.com/go/229589723/top100/ 229589723 A month ahead of schedule, the first phase of the nationwide A/H1N1 vaccination program kicked off in Russia on November 9, amidst "epidemic" levels of flu. As the swine flu panic escalates, so do the prices of anti-viral drugs, both Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:21:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229589723/top100/