Programme One investigates the evolution of this secretive organisation following the collapse of the Soviet Union - its allegedly growing links with Russian organised crime, and its transformation under the guiding hand of President Putin.
It also looks at the role of the FSB’s "special operations" in Chechnya.
Russia’s approach to the Middle East is at a turning point, as the changes associated with the Arab Spring continue to destabilize regimes and alliances and Iran appears to be moving ahead with its nuclear program in defiance of Russia and the West. January 26, 2012
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2012/01/26/russia-s-strategy-in-middle-east/92mr
Russia has witnessed an unsettling trend of long-term population decline since the mid-1990s, with alarming mortality rate statistics, falling fertility rates, and waves of emigration draining the nation of its best and brightest. January 26, 2012
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2012/01/26/russia-s-demographic-crisis/9amk