Russia’s pro-democracy movement: splitting before uniting
Opposition conferences took place in St. Petersburg and Moscow on April 5 and 6.
Activists gathered for the "New Agenda for the Pro-Democracy Movement" conference...
United Russia could miss out on the May holidays
Vladimir Putin might become prime minister on the eve of Victory Day (May 9). Rossiiskaya Gazeta reports that Duma members are prepared to cut...
Dismissals and resignations in the security agencies
As RBC Daily reports, the Kremlin has not waited for the presidential inauguration (May 7) to launch some changes in the government's security and...
The quiet campaign
The Kommersant newspaper quotes Communist Party (CPRF) Central Committee Secretary Oleg Kulikov's description of the For Putin movement's forum: "The wind is humming in...
The Union of Right Forces can’t keep sitting on the fence
Boris Nemtsov, co-founder of the Union of Right Forces (SPS), announced on February 12 that he has suspended his membership of the party. The...
The ODIHR observers scandal and the Aleksanian case as a backdrop for the presidential...
"A month from now, Russia will have to show a different face to the world - the person who said the following words at...
When Medvedev becomes president: network government, youth politics, and relations with the West
The media are predicting that Russia will soon see some state administration reforms, changes to youth politics, and milder dialogue with the West. These...
Central Electoral Commission counting candidates
Five or four? Political fortune-tellers will be fretting over that question until January 27, when the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) is due to approve...
The year of 2007: something in between "brutally serious" and a joke
"There are grounds to regard 2007 as the year of Vladimir Putin," says Carnegie Moscow Center analyst Lilia Shevtsova in an article for the...
Person of the Year… in the good or bad sense of the term
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been selected as 2007 Person of the Year by Time magazine.
The Vremya Novostei newspaper reports that Time chose Putin...
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