Russia
The elephant in the dining room
IPN Opinion article
With much of the pre-G8 talk devoted to Africa and climate change, this year's agenda should really be about Russia's undeserved place in a gathering of industrialised democracies.
100 NGOs from around the world unite in effort to support beleaguered civil society in Russia
IPN Press release
G7 plus 1: the elephant in the dining room
IPN Opinion article
Ahead of the St Petersburg G8 meeting, taking place on 15-17 July, Alec van Gelder questions Russia's presence in a club of industrialised democracies.
Cold dark future for Europe – Illarionov
IPN Press release
A ‘chilly war’ has already begun, says Putin’s former advisor, in which the very basic pillars of Western society are at stake.
Why G8 could jeopardise the fate of democracy in Russia
IPN Opinion article
"A far larger battle looms over the survival of the West's basic institutions, such as the market economy, liberal democracy and human rights, which have been developed and preserved over centuries and made the West what it is.
St Petersburg is the first serious public test of whether Western leaders are serious about defending these institutions or whether they will bow to the caprices of the new energy tsars."
