Media mentions – Russia

Of course, everyone is worried, because our security is discussed without us. I do not think the US is really consulting partners in or out of NATO

The protest movement that started on 2 January is unprecedented for Kazakhstan

I don’t see a silver bullet. The EU is a different sort of animal, and it will probably never be a foreign policy actor similar to powerful nation states like Russia or the United States

The government’s decision to scrap gas subsidies driving up fuel prices was the initial spark for the current unrest

It could make Moscow more open to compromise because it feels it needs a free hand to deal with a crisis in Kazakhstan

It could make Moscow more open to compromise because it feels it needs a free hand to deal with a crisis in Kazakhstan

Whatever the outcome of this week’s diplomacy, it would “likely shape Europe’s strategic landscape for many years to come”

It will be Putin’s decision whether to continue these talks under the conditions that the U.S. makes available.

There is always a tension between the global vision of the United States, with China as the central challenge, and that of the Europeans, who have Russia as their central security challenge

In these demonstrations several modes of order and several types of demands are combined, it is a movement that is very heterogeneous with both new urban populations and more political movements.