27th January 2006

The Foreign Policy Centre is pleased to announce the launch of 'Russia in the Spotlight: G8 Scorecard'.

US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice recently described the G8 as "a group of democracies… fully committed to free market principles, free trade, rule of law." But are those still its core values? If so, should Russia be a member of the club?

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23rd January 2006

Russian spy allegations - the work of manic depressives

ANDREI PIONTKOVSKY, Director of the Center for Strategic Research in Moscow, speaking at the launch of a pamphlet (East or West? Russia's Identity Crisis in Foreign Policy) published today (24 January) by the Foreign Policy Centre said, in response to the allegations of Britain funding NGOs to spy on the Russian state:

"Never before has a diagnosis of collective manic depression in the Russian political class been so methodically demonstrated."

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4 October 2005

"Blair must use talks with Russia to bring about real progress on climate change" – Twigg

STEPHEN TWIGG, Director of the Foreign Policy Centre, today said:

"At Gleneagles, G8 leaders agreed to act with resolve and urgency on global warming, but much more progress can and should be made. The bilateral talks between Tony Blair and President Putin are a real opportunity to widen Moscow's focus beyond security of energy supplies to the truly global issue of climate change."

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9 November 2004

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