Will a new ‘revolution of anecdotes’ undermine Putin? A baker’s dozen of jokes about the Russian president
Igor Chubais correctly observes that “a Revolution of Anecdotes” in Brezhnev’s time was a major factor in the…
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Russians mark Putin’s 18th year in power by reprising Brezhnev-style anecdotes
Eighteen years ago, Vladimir Putin was named Russian prime minister putting him on course to become the ruler…
For the chekists, Navalny is the Yeltsin of 1987, Portnikov says
Many have forgotten that in May 1987, Boris Yeltsin, then head of the Moscow city committee of the…
Not ‘constrained by communism’ – Why Putin is a greater threat than Brezhnev ever was
Some years ago, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who later became president of Estonia, suggested that “if the Russians were…
Putinism isn’t the Brezhnevism of today: it’s far more dangerous and vigorous, Pavlova says
It is fashionable to compare the Putin regime of today with that of Leonid Brezhnev, but such comparisons…