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Putin as a rescuer

Chris Miller has written an interesting book on the economic development of Russia under Putin. If one allows to sketch roughly, one can say that ordinary Norwegian media coverage of Russia is characterized by a stereotypical way of thinking.
nilsolehj@hotmail.com -

Behind Putin's backdrop

It is crucial for the Putin regime that more people follow Nistad's call in the recent New Age – that people go to the Promised Land to be blinded and seduced. But behind the scenes, things look different.
Sigurd Lydersen -

Russia's "agents": Civil society and survival

What happens to Russia's civil society when non-governmental organizations are banned for foreign aid?
geir.flikke@ilos.uio.no -

One mini-nuclear action in the streets of London

23. November was the 10th year since Alexandr Litvinenko died of polonium poisoning. 
Mette Karlsvik -

The King of the Kremlin

A brave Russian voice balances the moral authority of Americans.
Birgitte Bjørnøy -

Julie, Russia and the narratives

Russia has become a prisoner of its own grand narrative of a hostile West that is looking to defeat them, says Julie Wilhelmsen. She is banned from Russia until 2019.
Sigurd Lydersen -

Putin's power base – unwavering or shaky?

How is an election under a regime that regards democracy as a threat to peace and stability?
Sigurd Lydersen -

Chechens gather in protest

For the first time in several years, Chechens gathered to demonstrate in front of the Storting and outside the Russian embassy: "That the regime is getting worse and that Ny Tid and the Norwegian media are now writing about this means that we are gathering," says one of the protesters. 
Øystein Windstad -
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