Siberia with its natural resources is a very rich Russian territory. It gives everything and gets practically nothing from Moscow. Moscow elaborates plans and strategies on how to develop this region, considers huge investment from budget, however, the problems in Siberia grow, the population catastrophically decreases and opens the doors for illegal immigration of citizens of China.

The G-8 Summit in Germany was overshadowed by the confrontation of the Russian and American leaders. This has become a new stage of contraposition on the missile shield in Central Europe and showed once more that Russia is not only aggressive but also capable of choosing tactical solutions unexpected by other countries.

When speaking about the perspectives of Orange Revolution, it is necessary to specify three major actors of the process: the nation (in town squares and in front of TV screens), the opposition and the authorities. Their relationship predetermines the end of Orange Revolution.

The State and Church in Russia are related by natural family connections; the geopolitical goals of Russia coincide with the secular nature of the Orthodox Church. It is secular not in terms of Protestantism or „labor ethics“, but is quite a distinctive orthodox civilization.

The State Department of the United States has recently released the document „United States Supports Human Rights and Democracy Worldwide“. It expresses concern on democratic processes in Russia and anticipates financial support for the development of these processes. The response of Moscow towards this step of the United States was especially negative.

Russia’s opinion concerning deployment of the U.S. Anti-Missile Defense (AMD) System in Poland and Czech Republic is firmly negative. Therefore it could be worth while analyzing a probable response of Russia to the above American initiative, following the assumption of a military threat to Russia.

The issue concerning a confederate state of Russia and Belarus has not yet been clarified. The confederate agreement has not been signed and the common currency not introduced. It seems that the above ally will remain nothing but a propaganda farce. But who knows...

The speech of the Russian President V.Putin in Munich on 10 February, in which he accused the United States on the global dictate, sounded like threatening. Moreover that on 1 February, while speaking about the intentions of the United States to dislocate the elements of the anti-missile defense system (PRG) in Poland and Czech Republic, he stated that for Russia external security is of vital importance; therefore „its actions would be asymmetric, however, very effective“.

Theoretically 26 April was the last day when the Russian president V. Putin addressed the Federal Assembly. This article analyses several issues of this address by focusing on the general idea of „the Russian road“. 

V. Putin repeated several times, that he would not seek a third presidential term, since this would contradict the Constitution of the country. Despite that, this does not prevent from forecasting his presidential future. Why?

In the middle of April the Russian OMON forces chased after the “dissenters” (nesoglasnye, more literally translated as “disagreeables”) with rubber sticks, among them were the elderly. Journalists have also experienced the „taste“ of sticks.

Russia said good buy to B. Yelcin, the first democratically elected president and an undoubtedly contradictory state leader. What really surprised was a positive attitude of the majority of the Russian politicians and political analysts towards the late president.

The answer to this question could be found in trying to understand the current policy of Russian authorities. We could also try to reveal the real face of Russia, i.e. the face not depending on the political conjuncture. The latter option would answer the question on whether the Russian authorities are adequate to the nature of Russia.

In view of the approaching presidential and parliamentary elections the Russian political powers and representatives of academic layers try to anticipate who will take over the wheel of the state from V. Putin‘s hands.

Chairman of Federal Council (FC) S. Mironov supports the idea of extension of the presidential term. 

Although the pre-election parliamentary race in Russia will start only in a few months, and even more months are left until the presidential elections, the key interested persons are persecuted by a feeling of near upshot.

For effective complex defence of Latvia, the establishment of a permanent division of the National Armed Forces has started in Latgale, reported the official website of the Ministry of Defence.

On 13 January a concert "Together to the victory" was held in Lithuania, where the audience decided to support Ukraine's defence and donated 110 thousand Euros.

Alexander Lukashenko on 9 January signed a decree № 8 "On the establishment of visa-free entry and exit of foreign nationals." The document establishes visa-free entry to Belarus for a period not exceeding 5 days at the entrance through the checkpoint "National Airport Minsk" for citizens of 80 countries, - reported the press service of the President of Belarus.