Read More 5 minute read Opinion Russia Kremlin, worried about a popular explosion, taking steps to suppress it before it begins Vladimir Putin is not acting with the self-confidence one would expect of someone who has just won re-election with… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 7 minute read International More Putin’s system is irreversibly collapsing, says Piontkovsky The future of Vladimir Putin and system of power he created will be determined in the next few… byKseniya Kirillova
Read More 4 minute read Opinion Russia Putin’s greatest fear is the FSB refusing to fire on the Russian people, Golts says Aleksandr Golts, a Moscow specialist on military affairs and the deputy chief editor of Yezhednevny zhurnal, says that… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 6 minute read International More New round of “Game of Thrones” in the Russian Special Services Quite a bit has been written about the opposition to Putin's recently created National Guard under the leadership… byKseniya Kirillova
Read More 3 minute read International More Putin regime will disappear only as result of military defeat abroad, Illarionov says Neither sanctions, nor international isolation nor the domestic opposition will lead to the fall of “the harshly authoritarian… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 6 minute read International More Putin’s unrealizable dream vs. his all too-real nightmare That Vladimir Putin lives in a different reality than do other world leaders is now more or less… byPaul A. Goble