If any doubt remained as to the credibility of Mikhail Prokhorov’s dedication to the notion of democracy, it may have been quashed with the announcement that Vladimir Putin will consider the billionaire and apparent advocate of political plu...
If any doubt remained as to the credibility of Mikhail Prokhorov’s dedication to the notion of democracy, it may have been quashed with the announcement that Vladimir Putin will consider the billionaire and apparent advocate of political plu...
You may have noticed a few reports this week from election observers who said that the cleanliness of the voting procedures at their polling stations restored their faith in the election system, like this one from Alexey Kovalev. Does this mean t...
‘China and Russia are going to double their defense spending by 2015.’ Russia’s first bond auction since Vladimir Putin’s claim of election victory saw it selling just 8 billion roubles out of a possible 45 billion seven-year bonds, as investors ...
‘China and Russia are going to double their defense spending by 2015.’ Russia’s first bond auction since Vladimir Putin’s claim of election victory saw it selling just 8 billion roubles out of a possible 45 billion seven-year bonds, as investors ...
TODAY: Women’s Day public holiday; North Caucasus voting fraud; Navalny says Pussy Riot detention is ‘cruel’; Putin dismisses opposition – again, Peskov defends police; League of Voters refuse to recognise election result; UK MPs want Magnit...
From Catherine Belton at the Financial Times: Some warn that Mr Putin’s reluctance to respond to any of the opposition’s demands – such as a thorough investigation of vote rigging claims or the removal of the head of the central election commissio...
Putin may have won the election, but there is no excuse for the manner in which it was handled. On the one hand, those who say that the rallies have not achieved any of its goals are right. On the other hand, they did achieve many goals that were...
On New Year’s Eve 1999, President Boris Yeltsin shocked the Russian public with a sudden resignation speech, introducing into power for the first time his then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who up until the moment had been virtually unknown...
Monday’s opposition protest led to Russian stocks taking a nosedive yesterday, wiping out election gains. Sberbank’s January and February profits show a 17% increase on the same period last year, but the bank is also dealing with its biggest shar...
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