http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/ The Moscow Times is a daily English-language newspaper featuring objective, reliable news on business, politics and culture in Russia and the former Soviet Union (CIS). en Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:22 +0300 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/upload/iblock/9c0/Opinion.jpg 330 213 Viktor Bogorad || Killer Cops http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/452124.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/452124.html By Yulia Latynina <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/opinion/~3/qlrPYuDUuFw/452124.html The media first leaked the story of the death of 15-year-old Nikita Leontyev from St. Petersburg a day after it happened on Jan. 21. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5AUK-lJRg8ElXgO97LyypTusx9g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5AUK-lJRg8ElXgO97LyypTusx9g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5AUK-lJRg8ElXgO97LyypTusx9g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5AUK-lJRg8ElXgO97LyypTusx9g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/452124.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/452126.html By Alexei Pankin <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/opinion/~3/Y9nRC9WlZxk/452126.html Some members of the Moscow intelligentsia have been working overtime to come up with rather outlandish material for the media. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/puUacRzH7qM3JZGjvlytZwOL-uc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/puUacRzH7qM3JZGjvlytZwOL-uc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/puUacRzH7qM3JZGjvlytZwOL-uc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/puUacRzH7qM3JZGjvlytZwOL-uc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/452126.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/452122.html By Dian Wirengjurit <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/opinion/~3/RBlT8bpPxuY/452122.html Russia and Indonesia have a combined population of 377 million people, share 5.5 percent of the world's gross domestic product, possess huge potential in natural resources and both are on the path toward democracy and free market capitalism. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zu4PjV75GuWQCZg1osvIaMaaCxI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zu4PjV75GuWQCZg1osvIaMaaCxI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zu4PjV75GuWQCZg1osvIaMaaCxI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zu4PjV75GuWQCZg1osvIaMaaCxI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/452122.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/452113.html By Olga Troitskaya <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/opinion/~3/ETjtRpOezRc/452113.html On Jan. 23, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin published an article in Nezavisimaya Gazeta on Russia's nationalities and migration policy <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EwC0swpf1uQ6iucaPJBWwteWHYU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EwC0swpf1uQ6iucaPJBWwteWHYU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EwC0swpf1uQ6iucaPJBWwteWHYU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EwC0swpf1uQ6iucaPJBWwteWHYU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/452113.html