Putin
16/03/2015 - 14:33
It is with imperial collapse and revival in the analytical background that comparisons of Weimar Germany and “Weimar Russia” become... →
02/01/2015 - 13:33
Technically speaking, there are four “official” religions in Russia: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism. But given that almost 70... →
28/12/2014 - 14:50
Which brings us to two big questions. First, why did Mr. Putin do something so stupid? Second, why were so many influential people in the... →
12/11/2014 - 14:00
They repeat the great mantras of the era: The president is the president of “stability,” the antithesis to the era of “confusion and... →
19/09/2014 - 16:51
Before our eyes, Russian TV was turned from a tool of entertainment and misinformation into a weapon of mass destruction. Journalists... →
26/07/2014 - 17:39
So Putin presses ahead. His increasingly overt goal is to splinter Europe, rip up the NATO umbrella and restore Russian influence around... →
22/07/2014 - 13:09
Political isolation also looms. Russia has already been chucked out of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations. The Australians, who... →
10/06/2014 - 11:17
The seething, bloodthirsty hatred of the USA and her values is just a palpable in Russia today as it ever was in the USSR. In an amazing... →
28/03/2014 - 15:09
The Kremlin’s ties to France’s extreme-right National Front have also been growing stronger. Marine Le Pen, the party leader, visited... →
19/09/2013 - 11:42
Sergei Magnistky wasn't a human rights activist. He was an accountant at a Moscow law firm. He was an ordinary Russian who did an... →
14/09/2013 - 14:23
Putin completely ignores Russia's alliance with Syria, its vast profits from military weapons sales and the fact that Syria is one of... →
17/12/2012 - 17:48
I’m not a political insider, I couldn’t predict what would happen, but I did hear a strong voice of public discontent, and I was genuinely... →