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Moscow/Berlin. Russia could drift away from the EU, says an internal EU memorandum on the eve of the EU-Russia summit in Portugal, if the relationship is not redefined.
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André Ballin, Moscow. The new government does not just seem visually more attractive than the old one. It will probably be more harmonious – it contains two family couples.
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Moscow. According to the latest Kremlin rumour, Vladimir Putin has an overriding personal interest in quitting office in 2008: It’s the only way he sees of divorcing his wife Ludmilla without a scandal. But when will he announce his successor?
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André Ballin, Moscow. A Russian proverb says “new brooms sweep well”. The new Russian prime minister Viktor Zubkov seems intended as such a new broom – to sweep out the cobwebs of corruption.
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Moscow. Russia is planning an energy holding encompassing all the country’s energy companies. Internationally, a new bloc of energy-rich countries seems to be coming together. Will this benefit consumers?
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(by Gisbert Mrozek in Moscow) Just because the Russian flag now flies at a depth of 4000m at the North Pole, does not mean that the North Pole belongs to Russia, just as the moon does not belong to NASA.
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by Prof.Wolfgang Seiffert, Hamburg. Putin repeatedly claims that the West applies double standards when dealing with Russia, and it is truly the case that legal norms are applied very differently. Take, for instance, the Litvinenko scandal.
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Moscow. It’s not that he’s stopped smiling. It’s just that there will be no more concessions. In the run-up to the G8, Putin is showing himself self-confident and unyielding. The “leading industrial nations” are irritated.
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