Latest Articles about Domestic/Social
![](/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Viktor_Yanukovych__EDM__July_26th__EDM.jpg)
Will Russia Buy Up Ukraine?
The description of Belarusian President, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, as “pro-Russian” has side-stepped the fact that he is a Soviet Belarusian nationalist which developed after 2002, when he rejected the then Russian President, Vladimir Putin’s, offer to unite both countries. One factor behind Lukashenka’s Soviet Belarusian nationalism... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Kabardino-Balkaria_Hydroelectric_Dam__EDM_July_26th.jpg)
Attack on Kabardino-Balkaria Hydroelectric Plant Exposes Government’s Weakness
On July 21, a group of militants in Kabardino-Balkaria launched a bold attack on the Baksan hydroelectric plant, ransacked the facility and rendering it unusable after a series of explosions. Two policemen who were guarding the plant were killed in the raid. The attack drew... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Medvedev_Halonen__EDM_July_26__2010.jpg)
Gorbachev Warns of Explosive Problems With Medvedev’s “Modernization”
Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, concentrated on the European direction of his modernization-focused foreign policy last week, making working visits to Finland and Italy. Both countries are Russia’s close partners and the trips were problem-free, with a healthy sweat in a sauna with Finnish President, Tarja... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/gas_pipeline_afp_EDM_July_23.jpg)
Moscow Promises Increased “Energy Efficiency”
Moscow has reiterated plans to improve its energy efficiency by pledging huge investments aimed at developing its power supply networks. However, the economic viability of Russia’s proposed capital-intensive solutions apparently remain far from certain. The country’s energy efficiency challenges have recently become a matter of... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DAGESTAN-Russia-Bombings_EDM_July_22.jpg)
Veteran of Anti-Russian Wars named as Head of Dagestan’s Sharia Jamaat
Dagestan’s Sharia Jamaat acquired a new leader this past week, six months after the death on the night of December 31, 2009 of the previous Emir al-Bar (aka Umalat Magomedov). Seifullah of Gubden (aka Magomed Vagapov), the emir of the Gubden Jamaat, has been chosen... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Alyaksandr_Lukashenko__EDM_July_21th__2010.bmp)
Prospects For Regime Change in Belarus
The approach of a new election always leads political analysts in Belarus to revisit a familiar question: is regime change possible or remote? Are Belarusians in general satisfied with the presidency of Alyaksandr Lukashenka? Will the current rift with Russia lead to the downfall of... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/IMF__EDM_July_21.jpg)
Ukraine Expects a New Loan From the IMF
Kyiv has made every effort to qualify for a new $14.9 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which it expects the IMF board to improve at the end of July. With no parliamentary or presidential elections on the horizon, and a victory in... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Dagestan__EDM_July_21.jpg)
While Promising Investment, Moscow is Delivering Harsher Laws in the North Caucasus
On July 15, a meeting between Dagestan’s Vice Prime Minister, Rizvan Kurbanov, and the relatives of a detained bus driver prevented a possible regional scandal –the blockade of the highway connecting Russia and Azerbaijan. Relatives of Usman Garisov, who was arrested on drug possession and... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Erdogan__Armenia_EDM_July_20th.jpg)
Slow Progress in Turkish-Armenian Normalization
Turkey’s prospective participation in a six-day NATO exercise in Armenia in September, and the informal Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) meeting in Astana, reignited the debate on the stalled Turkish-Armenian normalization process. The Armenia 2010 exercise will focus on post-earthquake civil emergency... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Viktor_Yanukovych__EDM__July_19__2010.bmp)
Ukrainian Nationalism Again Under Attack in Ukraine
Belarus and Ukraine are the only two post-communist countries where the ruling authorities see the nationalism of their countrymen as something to be denounced and combated. Viktor Yanukovych, is the first of four Ukrainian presidents whose team regard Ukrainian nationalism as an evil that they... MORE