Russia

Putin's ice age

Russian civil society is under pressure: Ralf Fücks, Co-President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, went to Moscow in July to speak with representatives of NGOs from the whole country. This report sums up information and impressions of those meetings (text in German).

By Ralf Fücks

Timothy Snyder, Bernard Kouchner, Michajlo Minakow, Lilija Schewzowa, Ralf Fücks

International conference: Ukraine, Russia and the European Union

One year after the annexation of Crimea, an international conference held at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin on March 2 offered European and US experts the opportunity to analyse and discuss Europe’s response to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. What are the EU’s policy options towards Russia? What progress has been made towards political and economic renewal? To the conference documentation with recordings and articles.

Russia’s Crisis: How Conservative Turn and Economic Malaise Translate into Foreign Policy

Heinrich Böll Foundation and European Council of Foreign Relations have the pleasure to invite you for the public debate with Maria Lipman, Jadwiga Rogoża, and Jens Siegert. The event on the 15th of January will provide an opportunity to discuss the most recent developments in Russia and how they translate into foreign policy with experts offering first-hand knowledge about the country.

Germany and Russia: as much cooperation as possible; as much conflict as necessary

The German public's empathy or antipathy for the Ukrainian revolt against the Yanukovych regime is blanketed by a deeper difference: the view of Russia. As in earlier periods of German history, Germany’s relationship with the West is reflected in Russian politics.

By Ralf Fücks

Russia, Ukraine, and Europe

We would all love to have a democratic Russia as a partner in the European Union. However, the country’s current political leadership is moving away from Europe.

Report "The Rulers and the Ruled in Today's Russia"

A wave of demonstrations was sparked by the election frauds that took place during the parliamentary elections (December 2011) as well as the presidential electoral campaign and the elections themselves in March 2012. Are these events a symptom of change in the relationship between the rulers and the ruled in Russia, judged from the perspective of a few decades or even a few hundreds of years, or are they rather a passing phenomenon that will not leave any significant trace in the history of Russia? This report attempts to answer this question.

Belarus – Russia: Dependency or Addiction?

Belarus is able to meet only 13-15 percent of its energy needs from its own reserves and its basic basic fuel is natural gas imported from Russia, which constitutes from 75 to 80 percent of energy consumption. Of course, not only Belarus is dependent on Russian energy supplies, since the Baltic States and several Central European countries are in a similar situation. However, Belarus is most vulnerable, because Russia is virtually the sole supplier of its energy.

Nukes for Belarus?

About the plans of building a nuclear power station in Belarus, about hopes of the authorities and position of the NGO's writes Tatiana Novikava

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