A regime’s geographical location may provide access to resources and a temporary respite from democratic demands, but not for long, according to a new analysis.
In Russia, for instance, Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev, “have had no uplifting ideas to …
During the summer of 2012, the Russian parliament passed and President Putin signed a series of laws that will raise fines on protesters, impose limits on the Internet, make slander a criminal offense, and require nongovernmental organizations that …
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s lifestyle, “can be compared to that of a Persian Gulf monarch or a flamboyant oligarch,” according to the authors of a new report.
“In the report, sarcastically titled “The Life of a Galley Slave,” after the …
The last ten years have witnessed the erosion of Russia’s democratic institutions, but “an important line was crossed” this summer, writes Yuri Dzhibladze.
Following the recent passage of new repressive laws, Russia “is no longer a democratic state – …
Popular support for Vladimir Putin’s government is eroding at such a pace that Russia could experience “a full-blown political crisis” before the end of his presidential term, according to a new report from a prominent Moscow think tank.
The findings …
Russia’s new cabinet is unlikely to deliver the “substantial renewal” promised by President Vladimir V. Putin, observers suggest.
The selection of the cabinet was “unusually opaque, even for the Russian political tradition,” said one analyst, while the government’s composition confirms …
If “economics is politics” in China, does the same hold true for Russia?
Both regimes rely on a form of performance-based legitimacy underpinning an authoritarian pact in which citizens have ceded political rights for rising living standards, personal security and …
Former Astrakhan mayoral candidate Oleg Shein will end his 40-day hunger strike over alleged voting fraud as his goals have largely been met, he said today.
The announcement came as opposition activists today requested permission to hold a “March …
“In 2005, following a successful pro-democracy uprising in Ukraine, a new youth movement, Nashi, was founded in Russia, reportedly using $20m supplied by the Kremlin,” the Bureau for Investigative Journalism reports:
While the Nashi billed itself as an anti-oligarch, …
A new generation of Russian netizens will be able to initiate legislation through a new Web portal, President-elect Vladimir Putin said today. But a crackdown on dissident voices, the ominous rise of nationalist far-right groups and today’s detention of up …