Georgia and, 112–13
Iraq and, 84
Muslims and, 11, 38, 92
Obama administration and, 96
resource control of, 11
Russian Orthodoxy and, 74–75
security forces of, 33
Syria and, 88–89
Ukraine and, 110–11
United Russia and, 68
Krupnov, Yuri, 18
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 81
Kudrin, Alexei, 103–4, 107
Kuril Islands (Kurils), 99
L
Lake Baikal, 100
Lavrov, Sergei, 95, 115
“Law on Combating Extremist Activity,” 37
Lebed, Alexandr, 63
Lenin, Vladimir, 22, 107
Levada Analytical Center, 33
Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), 34
Libya, 90
life expectancy, 17–18
Lipmann, Masha, 9
Literaturnaya Gazeta, 114
live births, 14–15, 19–20
Lomonosov Ridge, 79
Lukashenko, Alexander, 109–10
M
Madagascar, 18
Magnitsky Act, 119
Magnitsky, Sergei, 22, 119
Malashenko, Alexei, 50
Mali, 91
“managed democracy,” 71
Manezh Square, 33
Marshall, Andrew W., 120
Mecca, 30
Medvedev, Dmitry, 24, 46, 64, 67–69, 72, 78, 95, 99, 118, 185
Middle East, the, 7, 11, 30, 46, 82–83, 87–88, 91–92, 105, 193
Middle Volga region, 32, 219
Military-Industrial Commission, 107
Milli Mejlis, 48
Minsk, 109
“mission accomplished” speech, 44
Moldova, 106
Mongolia, 17
Moscow, 16, 22, 31, 33, 36, 41, 62, 73–75, 83, 90, 94, 96, 98, 107–14, 117–18, 165
Arctic and, 79–80
Boyz II Men, 24
Chechnya and, 31
China and, 55, 61, 63–65, 121–22
demographics and, 52
Eastern Europe and the Caucasus and, 6, 45
economy and, 71
energy and, 75–78
Far East and, 54, 57–58, 99–101
majority-Muslim republics and, 5, 30, 51, 82, 123
Middle East and, 84–86, 88–89, 91
“near abroad” and, 7, 87
race-related violence in, 34, 44
radical Islam and, 49–50
Putin and, 68, 82
Soviet-style politics and, 7
Ukraine and, 110–11
United States and, 10, 119–20
War on Terror, 116
Western governments and, 10, 17
Moscow’s Institute of Demography, 16, 18
Moscow State University, 98, 105
“mother’s capital,” 1
Mubarak, Hosni, 90
mufti, 27, 48
mujahideen, 43
Mukhetdinov, Damir-Khazrat, 38–39
“multilateralism,” 80, 100
“multi-polarity,” 55
Munich Security Conference, 95
Muslim, Muslims, 41–42, 92
background, 30
countries, 6
migrants, 30, 123
minority, 11, 38, 75, 91, 114
population, 30, 32, 52, 116, 123
regions, 86
religious regimes, 46
republics, 51
Russian, 28, 32, 38–39, 52
states, 91
underclass, 5, 32, 52
women, 29
world, 81–84, 91, 123
youth, 47
Muslim Brotherhood, 91
“Muslim Russia,” 28
Muslim Spiritual Directorate of European Russia, 38
Myanmar, 97
N
Nabucco natural gas pipeline, 76
Nashi, 34
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 118
nationalism, nationalist, 5, 33–35, 38, 43, 46, 49, 63, 104, 106, 111, 192, 206, 208
National Research University, 98
National Review, 125–26
National Security Council, 78, 89, 124
Nations of Dagestan, 45
natural gas, 25, 60, 76–78, 80, 97, 172
Navalny, Alexei, 74
near abroad, 7, 33, 85, 87, 109
Nemtsov, Boris, 75
New START, 117
Nezavisimaya Gazeta, 108
NGOs, 46, 70
Nicaragua, 15
Niger, 14
Nixon, Richard, 120
Nizhny Novgorod, 59
Nord-Ost theater, 50
North Africa, 87, 90
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 7, 61–62, 87, 90, 95–96, 106, 116, 118, 191, 196
North Caucasus, 28–29, 31–32, 46, 51, 122
North Korea, 117
North Ossetia, 32
Norway, 78
Novaya Gazeta, 22
Novaya Silaparty, 34
O
Obama administration, 9, 93, 96, 115–18, 120, 125
Obama, Barack, 9, 115, 117, 119
Ochamshire, 113
Odessa-Brody pipeline, 76. See alsoPoland; Ukraine
Office of Drugs and Crime, 21
Office of Net Assessment (ONA), 120
Oktyabrsky, 47
Oman, 90
Open Government Initiative, 72
Orange Revolution, 37, 110
Oreshkin, Dmitry, 22
Organization of the Islamic Conference, 81
Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC), 81
“orthodox Iran,” 75
Osnovi Geopolitike(The Foundations of Geopolitics), 104
Ottoman Empire, the, 13
P
Pacific Fleet, 61, 65
Palestine, 83
Palestine Liberation Organization, 82
Palestinian Authority (PA), 83
Panetta, Leon, 93
Papua-New Guinea, 98
“peace dividend,” 24
Pekhtin, Vladimir, 72–73
Peking, 55
Pentagon, the, 62, 120
People’ s Daily, 56, 62
People’s Republic of China (PRC), 54
peregruzka, 115
perestroika, 17
perezagruzka, 115
Peru, 17
“phased adaptive approach,” 96, 117–18
pluralism, 68, 70
Pokrovsky, Vadim, 21
Poland, 76, 117. See alsoOdessa-Brody pipeline
“political nationalists,” 34
Ponomaryov, Lev, 74
Pora Valit, 26
post-Soviet space, 6, 8, 37, 62, 70, 85, 87, 106, 121
Potemkin village, 70
precious metals, 60
Primakov, Yevgeny, 82–83
Primorskii Krai, 54, 97
Primorye, 58
Public Committee on Human Rights, 74
Pussy Riot, 74
Putin, Vladimir, 7, 35, 37, 51, 70, 73–74, 81–82, 95, 101, 103, 105–7
Asia and, 55–56, 61, 63–64, 97
authoritarian regime of, 8, 22, 35–36, 71–72
counterterrorism and, 44
demographic decline of Russia and, 23–24
Far East and, 53–54, 60
geopolitics and, 9, 121
migration from Russia and, 23
military and, 8
nationalistic ideas and, 34
political candidates and, 69
reforms of, 38
United Russia and, 36
United States and, 118, 120
weakening popularity and power of, 67–68, 73, 80
Q
Qaradawi, Yusuf, 91
Qing Dynasty, 55
R
Rakhimov, Murtaza, 49
“reset,” 10, 115–19, 125
RIA Novosti, 23
Rodina(Motherland), 34
Rogozin, Dmitry, 34, 106–7
“Rose Revolution,” 112
Rossiyskaya Gazeta, 83
Russia, 24, 104, 106–114. See also Foundations of Russian Federation Policy in the Arctic until 2020 and Beyond, The