Vilhelm Konnander posted an article on Vilhelm Konnander's weblog - Nov 8, 2009, 10:05 am
The Swedish government's decision to accept the disputed gas pipeline NordStream has caused debate. Is the Russian-German gas pipeline a security policy threat to vital Swedish interests? Or is it...
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Vilhelm Konnander posted an article on Vilhelm Konnander's weblog - Oct 20, 2009, 8:55 am
The simplest things in life pass with so little notice that they have to jump up and bite you in order to be understood. Evidently, so is also the case with social media and the political pa...
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Vilhelm Konnander posted an article on Vilhelm Konnander's weblog - Oct 15, 2009, 3:23 pm
A spectre is haunting Eurasia - the spectre of activism. As cyberage sets in, the mentality of old Eurasia grapples to grasp the power of the people when politics enters ...
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Vilhelm Konnander posted an article on Vilhelm Konnander's weblog - Oct 15, 2009, 3:03 pm
"Shut up! Parliament is not for debate!" Make no mistake: These are the words of authoritarian statehood, words of utter arrogance to an open society of freedom and democracy. These are no heady opini...
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Vilhelm Konnander posted an article on Vilhelm Konnander's weblog - Jul 19, 2009, 7:53 am
For Global Voices Online: Anna Politkovskaya... The mere name evokes images of Moscow's worst public relations nightmare in years - an ongoing ordeal for Russia's international reputation in t...
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Vilhelm Konnander posted an article on Vilhelm Konnander's weblog - Jul 15, 2009, 10:14 am
For Global Voices Online: Just another death, just another obituary. That seems to be the general sentiment as news of today's murder of Russian Human Rights activist, Natalya Estemirova, broke. H...
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Vilhelm Konnander posted an article on Vilhelm Konnander's weblog - Jul 14, 2009, 8:58 am
Azerbaijan rates 150 out of 173 countries on Reporters Without Borders' 2008 Press Freedom Index. Last Friday's jailing of Azeri bloggers and youth activists Hajizade and Milli therefore gives...
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Vilhelm Konnander posted an article on Vilhelm Konnander's weblog - Jul 13, 2009, 11:59 am
On Friday, July 10, the two Azeri bloggers and youth activists, Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli, were put in two months' pre-trial jail custody awaiting trial for charges of so called hooliganism. ...
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Vilhelm Konnander posted an article on Vilhelm Konnander's weblog - Jul 9, 2009, 3:11 pm
For Global Voices Online: Two new presidents, two great powers, and three world leaders. That was the stage set as US President Obama earlier this week travelled to Moscow to meet Russia's Preside...
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Vilhelm Konnander posted an article on Vilhelm Konnander's weblog - Jul 6, 2009, 3:06 am
Amid heated Swedish debate on the existence of a Russian Cold War sub threat, a Swedish sub this morning hit Russian ground. Information about the incidence is still scarce, but according to unnamed s...
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