Un’analisi preliminare dell'attentato terroristico che il 24 gennaio ha sconquassato la città di Mosca ci consente di evidenziare tre realtà fondamentali nella politica della Russia di oggi. (Voice of America - Russian Service)

Moscow was sent reeling on January 24 by a suicide bombing at Domodedovo Airport, the busiest of the city’s three major airports and a hub for international carriers. Thirty-five people were killed and more than 100 injured. Many versions of who might have carried out the attack circulated in the aftermath of the carnage, with most people blaming militants from the North Caucasus. But the incident was embarrassing as well as tragic. (Voice of America - Russian Service)
 

Two separate, but ultimately related events at the end of December, the ratification of the new START Treaty by the US Senate and the conviction of former Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkhovsky, reflected the strengths, weaknesses and contradictions of the so-called reset relationship between Washington and Moscow in 2010.  (Voice of America - Russian Service)

Due eventi verificatisi alla fine di dicembre, diversi ma in fin dei conti correlati, ovvero la ratifica del nuovo trattato START ad opera del Senato americano e la condanna dell’ex oligarca russo Mikhail Khodorkhovsky, riflettono i punti di forza e di debolezza nonché le contraddizioni del cosiddetto “reset” tra Washington e Mosca nel 2010. (Voice of America)