Russian society is obviously going through an abrupt turning point, and the most capable and notable personalities are once again unwanted in their homeland. The idea of a civic society, a vogue of the recent past, has transformed into the judgment of numerous loyalists who are vigorously tipping the FSB on anything that looks suspicious, while the FSB is fully unprepared for it.
Russian society is obviously going through an abrupt turning point, and the most capable and notable personalities are once again unwanted in their homeland. The idea of a civic society, a vogue of the recent past, has transformed into the judgment of numerous loyalists who are vigorously tipping the FSB on anything that looks suspicious, while the FSB is fully unprepared for it.
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.