Overview
Russia has lived through years of radical change. This book provides a multidisciplinary analysis of developments in Russia since the disintegration of the Soviet Union. It offers new insights into recent developments and possible future trends in Russia which, for many observers in the "West”, remains the big enigmatic neighbour in the "East”. Numerous researchers and diplomats from Austria and Russia have contributed to this volume. Key subjects are internal Russian politics, economic developments, social issues and regional particularities in the Russian Federation. Russia’s relations with the "Near Abroad”, the EU and the World form another important part of this practice-oriented analysis. A source of information for leaders in politics, the business community as well as to the media.
Synopsis
The Authors of this Volume:
Hilarion ALFEYEV, Bishop of the Russian-Orthodox Church in Vienna, Vienna Victor AVKSENTIEV, Stavropol State University (North Caucasus), Head of the Chair of Social Philosophy and Ethnology, Stavropol Stephan BARISITZ, Austrian National Bank, Vienna Ingeborg BAUER-MITTERLEHNER, University of Economy, Research Institute for the Economic Law in Eastern-Europe, Vienna Franz CEDE, Austrian Ambassador in Brussels, former Ambassador in Moscow, Brussels Tatjana CHUBAROVA, Russian Academy of Sciences, Center of Social Policy, Deputy Director for Research, Moscow Dmitrij DANILOV, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Europe, Moscow Manfred FÜLLSACK, University of Vienna, Institute for Philosophy, Vienna Ruslan GRINBERG, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for International Economic & Political Studies, Deputy Director for Research, Moscow Peter HAVLIK, The Vienna Institute for International Economy Studies, Vienna Hans Georg HEINRICH, University of Vienna, Institute for Political Science, Professor (ret.), Vienna Gerald HINTEREGGER, former Ambassador to Moscow, former Executive Secretary of the UN/ECE (Geneva), Chairman of GESOK (Gesellschaft für Ostkooperation), Vienna Birgit KAINZ, Londo Svetlana KOLESNIK, Moscow Viktor KREMENYUK, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for USA and Canada, Moscow Ludmilla LOBOVA, Ludwig Boltzmann Society, Vienna Vadim LUKOV, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Special Ambassador, Moscow Alexei MALASHENKO, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Moscow Martin MALEK, Militärwissenschaftliches Büro AG, Vienna Gerhard MANGOTT, University of Innsbruck, Institute for Political Science, Innsbruck Vladimir MAU, Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of National Economy and Working Center for Economic Reforms, Director, Moscow Elena MEZENTSEVA, Associate Professor at State University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Moscow Valentin MIKHAILOV, Moscow Alfred MISSONG, Ambassador (ret.), Vienna Nikolaj PETROV, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Moscow Sergei PONOMAREV, Working Center for Economic Reforms, Moscow Rudolf PROKSCHI, University of Vienna, Institute for Theology, Professor, Vienna Andrei RYABOV, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Moscow Martin SAJDIK, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Vienna Lilia SHEVTSOVA, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Moscow