Prospects 2012
CIS
.jpg "A trader gestures as he talks on the phone at the MICEX in Moscow. (REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin)")
Russia's economy
Russia is less exposed to global turmoil now than it was in 2008 -- but it is far from...
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Russian politics
The coming year will be defined by the composition of the next parliament, the presidential...
Central Asia
Social unrest has been rising over the past year, including in Kazakhstan, by far the region's...
.jpg "Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev attends a parliament session in Astana. (REUTERS/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov)")
Caucasus
The potential remains for rekindled conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh...