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Russia Would Be Better Off Without Non-Russian Areas
July 01, 2009By Paul Goble In recent statements, some of which eerily recall writer Valentin Rasputin’s 1989 proposal that Russia should leave the Soviet Union, some Russian nationalists are now arguing that their nation both as a people and a state would...
A New and More Dangerous ‘Red Belt’ Emerges in Russia
June 20, 2009By Paul Goble A new “red belt” is emerging in Russia, the result of the coming together of economic problems, political difficulties between Moscow and the regions, and ethnic challenges to central control, according to a new map of social...
Daghestan Now Has 50 ‘Permanent Representations’ across CIS
May 26, 2009By Paul Goble Daghestan now has 50 “permanent representations” in Russian regions and CIS countries to help promote trade and to support the rights and interests of Daghestanis living there, the latest in a remarkable evolution of...