Alexander Dynkin, a Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)
Russia is now on the threshold of challenging changes. No other country has yet made such energetic strides in initiating a program of modernization in this global, post-industrial period of development. Russia’s chances for success will depend on how fast it will be able to eradicate the stubborn socialist features of its economy.
Russia is now on the threshold of challenging changes. No other country has yet made such energetic strides in initiating a program of modernization in this global, post-industrial period of development. Russia’s chances for success will depend on how fast it will be able to eradicate the stubborn socialist features of its economy.
When the Baltic countries entered NATO and the European Union a couple of years ago, many thought it was the end of the centuries-old "red line." Euro-Atlantic organizations had crossed into the former Russian and Soviet empires.
In September 2004, the Russian city of Novgorod hosted an international conference entitled Russia at the Turn of the Century: Hopes and Reality. Its organizers were the RIA Novosti news agency, the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Russia in Global Affairs, and The Moscow Times.