The nomination of Mikhail Fradkov as Russia's next prime minister will do little to soften the Kremlin's increasingly assertive foreign policy, especially in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Mr Fradkov, a long-serving diplomat whose name was put forward on Monday by President Vladimir Putin, will bring to the post considerable experience of international relations. But he will also arrive with a history of close ties with the security services. While his personal views are not known, he is a member of the siloviki, the current and former members of the security services, headed by Mr Putin, who now...