Hundreds of people mysteriously disappear in Russia every day

Pravda - Several hundreds of people vanish in Russia every day. The number of those who disappeared without a trace during the recent several years has doubled and reached 120,000 people. Out-of-town visitors, entrepreneurs and lonely proprietors make the largest risk group at this point.

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Could the Soviet economy be re-established in Russia?

openDemocracy - The Russian authorities are interested in an economic system where several large enterprises are state-owned, and managed by privatising the revenue and nationalising the losses. The rest of the economy remains in private hands so as to satisfy the Russian people’s demands, as they are not prepared to return to the [...]

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All the cliches about colour obscure the real challenges awaiting Obama

Guardian by Simon Jenkins - The world must get over its hysteria. The next US leader has Russia to deal with, and could face his own Cuban missile crisis

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