Baltic states

  • Jul 27, 2004
  • 7 min read

BELARUS: Promised economic miracle has not come

The economic miracle, which the president promised the voters ten years ago, has yet to arrive,...

Belarus
  • Jul 16, 2004
  • 1 min read

RUSSIA: Output surges as UNDP logs rising standards

Industrial production expanded by 7.4% in the first half of 2004 year-on-year, and by 7.1% in the...

Russia
  • Jul 13, 2004
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RUSSIA/US: Security ties lead to closer relationship

Moscow's pledge of support for the US 'war on terror' after the September 11 terrorist attacks...

United States
  • Jun 22, 2004
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RUSSIA: Moscow accepts Baltic tanker ban from 2005

Moscow agreed yesterday that single-hull tankers should no longer carry heavy crude through the...

Russia
  • May 28, 2004
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RUSSIA: Putin still aims at US strategic partnership

In his first state of the nation speech since being re-elected, President Vladimir Putin vowed on...

Russia
  • May 24, 2004
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RUSSIA/EU: WTO deal obscures foreign policy clashes

The EU and Russia on May 21 agreed terms for Russia's accession to the WTO. The WTO deal is a...

Russia
  • May 18, 2004
  • 8 min read

BALTIC STATES: Education key to integrating Russians

The European Commission told the Russian Foreign Ministry on May 12 that it would provide funding...

Baltic States
  • May 17, 2004
  • 7 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: Paris changes approach to new members

The French Foreign Ministry began last week to elaborate a new national policy towards the new EU...