<p>On Russia prods deftly at the Russian psyche. Commissioned for their insider knowledge of the subject, dispatches contributors lay bare the contradictory soul that makes up modern Russia. Putin's hold on power; the strongmen who control the oil and the nation's businesses; a disenchanted and disavowed youth; the new KGB pumped up and decked in black under its new guise of the FSB all echo the disposition of a nation which, despite the applause for Yeltsin s antics on top of a tank nearly 20 years ago, has struggled to take to its heart the principles of democracy. A photo essay put together by curators from FotoDepartament spans 150 years of Russian portraiture, while Seamus Murphy travels across the Far Eastern reaches of the country and its border with China.</p>

Dispatches D3: On Russia

MARTIN CRUZ SMITH

Ilana Ozernoy

Jeff Danziger

Andrei Soldatov

Seamus Murphy

Andrew Meier

Louise, Shelley

FotoDepartament

Mark Franchetti

Yuri Kozyrev

Alison Smale

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Ahead of the Copenhagen conference on climate change dispatches_endgame is devoted to the environment: the follies that brought us to this brink, the small steps we can take in the attempt to mitigate disaster and the adaptions that we need to make in order to continue as a global society dependent on our natural resources. Climate change will find us whether we are in first world Arizona or third world Bangladesh. Alan Weisman pens the title piece after leaving his native, parched home state for the damper and more secure tracts of New England. In our First World comfort zone the battle for water, geography and topography is winning over technology. Seven thousand miles away in Bangladesh the battle is already lost and the nation must adapt to its new environment; it is too late for mitigation. Small inroads of change are being made with mixed success through regulation and legislation. California state s groundbreaking law, AB32, targeting lower carbon emissions is heralded but the regulating of the fishing industry has been largely unsuccessful at a time when rampant over fishing is leading to the disappearance of many species.

Dispatches D5: Endgame

Nancy Harmon Jenkins

Alan Weisman

Andrew Marshall

David Liittschwager

Philip Blenkinsop

Balazs Gardi

Tim Hirsch

Jane Kay

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