Despite its discontent, the West won't toughen its attitude to Russia. It will likely apply behind-the-scenes pressure and the tactics of acting on the basis of reciprocity.

Russia is actively using gas diplomacy for its expansion over the ex-Soviet space in a bid to become a regional superpower.

He is not sensitive to political demands but he is to social ones. It is populist rather than democratic.

The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.

Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so,

I think we will observe a trend of mobile services replacing fixed-line services (in Russia). This trend would lead to the migration of long-distance traffic from regional fixed-line companies to mobile operators. In addition, competition among regional fixed-line operators for generated long-distance traffic will increase.