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RUSSIA

EDITORIALS
Jan 25, 2016
How far will Putin go?
Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to prefer a 19th-century mindset in which Russia is a great power, a status that gives it license to act as it pleases.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 25, 2016
Poland clouds NATO's nuanced plan to engage Russia
Poland is putting its own spin on a nuanced NATO plan to deter Moscow in eastern Europe without stationing permanent troops on Russia's borders, prompting disquiet from allies including Britain, which needs Warsaw's help in EU reform negotiations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 21, 2016
Cash-strapped Russia considers 30% cut to its space program
Russia will spend 30 percent less on its space program in the next decade and scale back a slew of projects to save money in the face of tanking oil prices and a falling ruble, a plan presented by the country's space agency showed on Wednesday,
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2016
Israel pays close attention to Putin, with good reason
Israel's interests vis-a-vis Russia run wide and deep, and are impossible for Jerusalem to ignore.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2016
Russia looking for regime change in Turkey
Vladimir Putin seems to have dug in for a long-term policy of sapping Turkey's economy and undermining President Recep Tayyip Erdogan politically.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 15, 2016
More aid trucked into besieged Syrian towns; U.N. brands starvation tactic war crime
A second batch of aid reached a besieged Syrian town and two trapped villages on Thursday and the United Nations accused rival factions of committing war crimes by causing civilians to starve to death.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 12, 2016
New constitution first step to solution for Syria, Putin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Syria needs to start working on a new constitution as a first step to finding a political solution to its civil war, though he acknowledged the process was likely to be difficult.
WORLD
Jan 8, 2016
U.S. analysts suspect Russia hackers behind Ukraine power outage
U.S. cyberintelligence firm iSight Partners said on Thursday it has determined that a Russian hacking group known as Sandworm caused last month's unprecedented power outage in Ukraine.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2016
Pacific dreaming in Moscow
Russia's government announces yet another set of impotent plans to develop its long-neglected Pacific region.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2016
Russia can use U.S. as an excuse for only so long
The Putin regime has helped create enmity with the West because it needs enemies for its legitimacy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2016
Russia's isolationism is official
Russia's latest National Security Strategy provides valuable material for the study of the angst, paranoia and befuddlement now gripping the Kremlin.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2016
Russia and Ukraine are finally breaking up
The ongoing political and economic separation of Russia and Ukraine will likely be completed this year.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 4, 2016
Head of Western-backed Syrian opposition to visit China this week
The head of the Western-backed opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC) will visit China this week, as Beijing seeks to deepen ties with all sides in the conflict to help bring about a peaceful resolution.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 30, 2015
Russia to revise space program amid economic troubles, including cuts to moon exploration
Russia is to revise its space program, the national space agency said on Tuesday after a newspaper published a report that billions of dollars of cuts may be on the way, including to ambitious moon exploration plans.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2015
Germany is right to flout Russia sanctions
Germany has rallied Europe in support of Ukraine-related sanctions against Russia, but has been less diligent in their implementation.
EDITORIALS
Dec 27, 2015
2015, Syria and the butterfly effect
The Syrian civil war had an outsized place on the international stage in 2015, and no doubt this will continue well into next year.
WORLD
Dec 24, 2015
In death knell for MOX project, U.S. to deem 6 tons of plutonium nuclear waste
The U.S. government plans to designate 6 metric tons of surplus plutonium now stored in South Carolina as waste and ship it to a storage facility in New Mexico, according to a preliminary notice filed on a federal website on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2015
Tallying up Putin's 2015 foreign policy score card
His saber rattling and his willingness to talk and compromise have once again made Russian President Vladimir Putin a player to be reckoned with.

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