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22/11/2008

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Nienhuysen, Frank

3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.

Süddeutsche Zeitung - Germany | 13/09/2007

Putin is preparing his succession

"Putin is obviously fond of presenting the world with enigmas," Frank Nienhuysen writes. "Just when everyone was convinced he would position his favourite Sergei Ivanov as top candidate for the presidential elections, he has conjured up a little-known financial expert called Viktor Zubkov instead... It's impossible to discern a transparent democracy in all this - this is the bitter realisation we must come to in view of Putin's obscure personnel policy just six months before the elections. The Russian people have adopted a stoic stance to the change. They don't expect to be offered a genuine alternative to an authoritarian government system anyway."

Süddeutsche Zeitung - Germany | 09/02/2007

The row between Russia and the US over the missile defence system

"Russia and the US are quarrelling about the construction of a missile defence system and stirring up suspicion in doing so," Frank Nienhuysen writes. "According to Washington, the Americans' plans to station part of their missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic are chiefly aimed at protecting Europe against attacks from Iran. But now Russia feels offended, and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov is retaliating. First he talked of an 'unfriendly gesture' and now he has pointedly announced the modernisation of Russia's missile arsenal and is even threatening to reconsider the country's relationship with NATO. … The missiles should not be allowed to trigger a new arms race or a break in the relations between NATO and Russia. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, it has taken many years of effort to build a still fragile foundation of trust. The tone adopted in the dispute between Moscow and Washington must be moderated, and Europeans can play a key role in achieving this."

Süddeutsche Zeitung - Germany | 28/12/2006

The gas dispute between Gazprom and Belarus

According to Frank Nienhuysen, the gas dispute with Russia could shake the foundations on which Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has built his power. "Lukashenko stands to loose a lot in his home country if there is a heavy increase in gas prices, so he hasn't got much room to manoeuvre in the gas dispute. Moscow is one of the Belarusian dictator's few remaining allies and there's no way Minsk can win an open confrontation with Kremlin-backed Gazprom. Ironically, all those in the West who have been longing for an end to the Lukashenko era must be secretly sympathising with Russia's profiteering manoeuvres now. The low gas prices are indefensible from an environmental point of view, anyway, because while energy is a scarce commodity almost everywhere else in the world, up to now it has been so cheap for the Belarusians that they could afford to waste it."

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