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Steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. nikolai petrov, senior research fellow with the russia and eurasia programme at chatham house. i asked him about the voter turnout in this election, considering all the fraud allegations. i would say that turnout is not reported at about 45%, meaning that a big portion of russians do not want to go to the polling stations and there is huge numbers of citizens who are absolutely dependent from the budget or state companies and it is them who were staying in line...

One according to the kremlin�*s rules. nikolai petrov is a senior research fellow with the russia and eurasia programme at chatham house. i asked him about the voter turnout in this election, considering all the fraud allegations. i would say that turnout is not reported at about 45%, meaning that a big portion of russians do not want to go to the polling stations and there is huge numbers of citizens were absolutely dependent from the budget or state companies and it is them for staying in li...

At some polling stations and says it has taken appropriate action but it denies violations are widespread. the official view here is that criticism of this election why pick on course to win the race that was run according to the kremlin�*s rules. im joined now by nikolai petrov, senior research fellow with the russia and eurasia programme at chatham house. karishmas questions: even before the first ballots were cast, this didn t look like a fair election, as our correspondent steve rosenberg ...

The “special relationship”: Why a successful Global Britain matters to the US If Britain turns inward, will America suffer? At the Munich Security Conference in February this year, President Joe Biden called on America’s foreign allies and partners to rally against China. “Competition with China is going to be stiff,” he said, adding, “That’s what I expect, and that’s what I welcome, because I believe in the global system Europe and the United States, together with our alli...

‘Washington minions’: Baltics have angered China 58 Chinese President Xi Jinping / AP Lithuania’s move to leave China’s 17+1 format and build cooperation with Taiwan has angered Beijing. However, resentment towards China’s overtures in the region has been growing for some time. Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Communist Party officials are familiar with the the Soviet history of the Baltic states. Leaked party documents, published by the New York Times in 2019 and detailing Uighur repres...

January 21, 2021 Ian BondDirector of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform After more than twenty years, the EU has not found a successful strategy to deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin does not respect weakness. Yet the EU treats each outrageous act as a one-off, worthy of mild sanctions but with early redemption possible, rather than as a pattern of behavior deserving a stronger reaction on each occasion. In the case of the attack on Russian opposition leader Alexei ...