Tag: Chukotka

Passing of Europe-Centric World Challenges Russia More than Any Other Country, Shtepa Says

October 15, 2015
Window on Eurasia

Staunton, October 12 – The creation by the United States of the Trans-Pacific Partnership signals both the continuing American role as the key pole in international affairs and the declining importance of Europe, developments that “paradoxically” have more serious consequences for Russia than any other country, Vadim Shtepa says. On the one hand, it highlights […]

Under Putin, ‘Gerrymandering’ Enters the Russian Vocabulary

December 5, 2014
Window on Eurasia

Staunton, December 5 – The process by which a government draws the electoral map in such a way that the number of its opponents in parliament will be minimized, long known in the West as “gerrymandering,” has now come to Russia in a big way and is being employed by Moscow for exactly the same […]