Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "KGB" produced 62 items.
| 1. The time is right to challenge the regime in Russia | January 19, 2012 |
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Protesters are back on the streets of Moscow, but the rest of the world does not seem to care. Twenty years ago, the new democratic leaders of Russia were left to be dragged... | |
| 2. Russia continues to serve up corruption, lies and protests | December 15, 2011 |
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Today's protests against Russia's leadership have strong echoes of the demonstrations of 20 years ago. The Russian Federation of today is not the Soviet Union of 1991. But... | |
| 3. From re-set to re-think in relations with Russia | September 29, 2011 |
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Dmitry Medvedev offered an illusion of change. Now that the illusion has been dispelled, what policy should the West follow? The prospect of 12 more years of Vladimir Putin... | |
| 4. Tinker, tailor, soldier – why? | September 22, 2011 |
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The film of le Carré's classic spy novel deserves its plaudits, but fails to capture the heart of Cold War espionage. The new film version of John le Carré's... | |
| 5. A paranoid letter from Poland | July 20, 2011 |
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A documentary about the death of Poland's former president makes other conspiracy theories look like serious historical research. What's ‘illuminati' spelled backwards?... | |
| 6. So much more complex | November 5, 2009 |
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Reflecting on the events that formed and maintained a divided Europe. I would like to compliment | |
| 7. Blaming the wicked West for the economic crisis | March 19, 2009 |
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Eastern Europe has plenty of conspiracy theories, but the truth is more prosaic: markets are usually wrong. Was it all a conspiracy? It is not the first time in eastern... | |
| 8. Political upheaval and diplomatic intrigue in the East | February 19, 2009 |
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Everything seems to be up for grabs in the ex-communist countries of eastern Europe and beyond Look round eastern Europe and the news reads like a thriller: call it The... | |
| 9. Former KGB man sets the Standard for Russian success | February 5, 2009 |
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The takeover of a London newspaper by Aleksandr Lebedev has all the makings of a political thriller. How about this for a thriller plot? An ex-KGB officer who was in London... | |
| 10. Is economic turmoil ushering in a new era of insecurity? | January 29, 2009 |
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A film about a failed coup in Estonia in the 1920s has lessons for today's leaders as they similar economic hardships. Two years ago, when the script for ‘December Heat',... | |
| 11. Cinema catches up with Poland's fight for freedom | January 22, 2009 |
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Two new films raise questions about Poland's battle to overthrow Nazi and Soviet occupation. Watching Daniel Craig, the actor best known as James Bond, playing a Jewish... | |
| 12. The West is in danger of losing its moral authority | December 11, 2008 |
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A police raid on a politician's office in London can only deepen cynicism in the east about western democracy. Imagine the outrage if the Russian police raided the Duma and... | |
| 13. Are we witnessing the dawn of a new Russian ideology? | November 13, 2008 |
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Russia's revival might be Western-style pragmatism, but it might be something more sinister. Four comforting bits of conventional wisdom are as follows: 1) Russia has no... | |
| 14. Lyrical outsider | November 13, 2008 |
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Vaira Vike-Freiberga will bring some straight-talking to the reflection group on the EU's strategic vision. At the start of this year, there were many Latvians eagerly... |
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| 15. There is no reason to do business as usual with Russia | October 30, 2008 |
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Backing down on a partnership deal with Russia would send a dangerous signal to the Kremlin. After Georgia, supposedly, everything was different. Europe had woken up to the... | |
| 16. Why Lukashenka is changing (some) spots | September 25, 2008 |
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The slow evolution under way in Belarus may strike chords with old Franco-watchers. When, in November 2006, the EU set out 12 demands that Belarus should meet in the fields... |
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| 17. From Russia with love: beware of accepting strange gifts | September 25, 2008 |
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German Trojan horses are dangerously increasing the EU's dependence on Russian energy. According to the myth, the Trojans “joyfully dragged” the wooden horse left by... | |
| 18. Medvedev's Russia | May 8, 2008 |
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As Russia enters a new era uncertain whether it will differ from the old era, experts share their expectations of Russia's new president.
Dimitri Medvedev was sworn in on... | |
| 19. The A-Z of words to avoid in the East | March 19, 2008 |
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THE LAZY use of shorthand and cliché are not unique to discussion of the ex-communist world. But here is an alphabet of words that are overused and under-explained. A... | |
| 20. Rocking bear | February 21, 2008 |
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A little-known man who nonetheless needs no air-time. Back in 2000, not long after Boris Yeltsin had appointed him as his successor, Vladimir Putin refused to participate in... | |
