In an interview with Vienna’s Die Presse, the Russian sociologist and pollster says that initially it appeared young Russians were focused on democratic models but it turned out that their attachment to them was superficial and soon...
The political editor of Russian newspaper Novaya gazeta says that young Russians have now been confronted with a brutal choice: they can either conform as the regime wants or they can choose to emigrate. The third option is to act and be...
That makes him successful at retaining power, the London-based Russian analyst says, especially since the opposition refuses to recognize that Putinism is a reflection of the values of the population while they offer programs that demand...
One of the most widespread myths in Russia today is that in Soviet times, Russia took care of everyone, Maxim Mirovich says; but in fact, Moscow didn’t “feed” anyone. Instead, “the entire country worked for the Soviet...
When the history of the 21st century is written, Vitaly Portnikov says, Russia’s occupation of Crimea “beyond any doubt will be among the most important,” not because of the Ukrainian peninsula itself but because of two other factors...
Five years ago this weekend, the Sochi Olympiad ended with many Russians convinced that it showed Russia had truly recovered as Vladimir Putin promised. But those hopes, Kseniya Kirillova writes, were soon dashed by the doping scandal that...
“The victory of the Kyiv revolution in February 2014 marked the final divorce of Ukraine and Russia and thus became one of the most important events of the 21st century, Sergey Shelin says; but in the five years since, Ukraine has made...
Something unprecedented is happening to ethnic Russians in many post-Soviet states, Vladimir Kozlov of Moscow’s Higher School of Economics says. As a result of intermarriage with members of the titular nationalities, ethnic Russians...
Three poll results announced yesterday, two in Russia and one in Ukraine, merit particular notice because they suggest the directions the peoples and their respective countries are likely to be heading in the coming months and even years....
Five articles over the last several days call attention to what is already the biggest crisis Vladimir Putin has faced during his almost 20 years in power: the collapse in public trust in Putin personally with Russians blaming him and not...
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia Van Voren: Of course, you have a number of Lithuanians who managed quite cleverly to gather wealth and become the upper layer in society. But the extremes you see in Ukraine or Russia is something that didn’t...
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