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Subscribe  |  Contact INSEAD Knowledge             13 February 2012 Who are those thousands of people demonstrating in the streets of Moscow in bitter temperatures, and what do they want?  A long-time commentator talks to INSEAD Knowledge. by Shellie Karabell Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has presented a list of reforms he promises to make if elected President on March 4, but hundreds of thousands demonstrators in Moscow and other cities across the country don't believe him. The list...Read Full Story

Subscribe  |  Contact INSEAD Knowledge             13 February 2012 Who are those thousands of people demonstrating in the streets of Moscow in bitter temperatures, and what do they want?  A long-time commentator talks to INSEAD Knowledge. by Shellie Karabell Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has presented a list of reforms he promises to make if elected President on March 4, but hundreds of...Read Full Story

Mon, Feb 13 2012 4:27 IST | 4 Views | Add your comment SHARE: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed a set of measures aimed to increase the country's population from 142 million to 154 million people. Putin said creating enough places in state kindergartens is a top-priority task for the country’s leadership. After the collapse of the Soviet Union the majority of state kindergartens were closed and their buildings sold to private owners. Over the last decades...Read Full Story

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday vowed to reverse Russia’s demographic decline and boost its population to 154 million, as he ramped up his re-election campaign in the face of protests. In a new campaign article addressing his core constituency including employees of state companies and blue-collar workers, Putin also promised salary hikes to teachers and doctors and pledged to create a more just state. Putin reeled off a list of social policies that he said could reverse a demographic...Read Full Story

On March 4 th , less than a month from now, the Russian presidential election takes place.  Following the December 4 th parliamentary elections and allegations of fraud and ballot-stuffing when Putin’s United Russia party took over 50% of the vote, huge demonstrations broke out within the week.  It’s clear that the people want change, but how they’re going to get it is another matter. The five candidates running include:  Vladimir Putin of United Russia, Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist...Read Full Story

Image via Wikipedia An engineer at Russia’s Plesetsk space station has been jailed for 13 years after being convicted of selling missile test data to the CIA. Lt-Col Vladimir Nesterets, a senior test engineer at the station, was convicted of treason, Russia’s FSB secret police announced. He admitted passing on information about tests involving Russia’s latest strategic missiles, it said. Russia’s missile programme has recently been hit by apparent design faults. Plesetsk, a base in...Read Full Story

Presidential candidate Vladimir Putin has promised to make the protection of repressed Christians in foreign countries one of his foreign policy priorities if he becomes president again. When Putin met with the representatives of Russia’s traditional confessions in Moscow’s main cathedral on Wednesday, the representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church told him that Christians are facing repressions all over the world. The head of External Church Relations, Metropolitan Illarion, said that...Read Full Story

Breaking news Russian researchers say they have reached Antarctica's largest subglacial lake - @AP Russian researchers say they have reached Antarctica's largest subglacial lake - @AP "I'm a citizen of a free republic & since 1922 I don't have to pay attention to what a British judge orders me to do" "I'm a citizen of a free republic & since 1922 I don't have to pay attention to what a British judge orders me to do" Josh Powell family statement from couple identifying themselves as an aunt...Read Full Story

Last month, Russia handed over K-152 Nerpa nuclear-powered attack submarine to the Indian Navy on a lease of 10 years, making India the sixth operator of nuclear submarines in the world. The article traces the evolution of Project 971 Shchuka-B (NATO reporting name Akula-II) that underlines Russia’s formidable prowess in building submarines. In July 1976, Russia took a strategic decision to develop a new class of third-generation attack submarines. The submarine was designed by SKB-143...Read Full Story

Mon, Feb 6 2012 13:39 IST | 0 Views | Add your comment SHARE: Russia may have to boost its nuclear potential in the future amid emerging nuclear proliferation threats, Anatoly Antonov, Russia’s deputy defence minister and a negotiator on the European missile shield, said Monday. “New challenges emerge, including missile and nuclear proliferation. Look at how unstable the situation in the Middle East is. That’s why Russia’s military doctrine envisages the use of nuclear...Read Full Story