Russia’s Antiterrorism Measures as Sochi Olympics Approach

by Anna Borshchevskaya This article originally appeared in Operational Environment Watch. Click here to read the article in the original publication, along with the accompanying news excerpts. Russia is gearing up for the February 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, close to the Russian-Georgian border. Preparations include tightening security measures in anticipation of possible terrorist attacks. In…

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Russia: Alternative Point of View on Syrian Conflict

by Anna Borshchevskaya This article originally appeared in Operational Environment Watch. Click here to read the article in the original publication, along with the accompanying news excerpts.  In the run-up to the Geneva peace talks on Syria scheduled for early November, mainstream Russian press typically provided brief dry reports on the Syrian conflict, similar to…

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