Regional elections and the modernization of Russia; the government’s actions and the people’s expectations
The scandal surrounding the election in the Kursk Region has been described by the media as a lesson for regional leaders.
It is difficult to...
The Kremlin’s "Kursk Battle": will the end justify the means?
The newspaper Segodnya has commented on the gubernatorial election in the Kursk region as follows: "The opposition between the federal government and regions seems...
REGIONAL ELECTIONS, RUSSIAN TYCOONS, AND A LITTLE ABOUT PARADOXES OF THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL MENTALITY
Regional elections are one of the topical issues in the national media this fall. Political analysts note that their attention is being shifted from...
Themes and topics of the week: the results of Yeltsin’s rule and the prospects...
In answer to a question from the Vremya Novostei newspaper about the current situation in Russia, Boris Strugatsky, a well-known Russian novelist, said: "Well,...
Plots of the week: Strana.ru and the information security doctrine, threats to freedom of...
Gleb Pavlovsky"s new Internet project Strana.ru was one of the events which had the most public resonance in recent days. As Pavlovsky, head of...
THE PLOT OF THE WEEK: THE PRESIDENT AND THE MEDIA. CRITICISM OF PUTIN GAINS...
The main issue of the past few days - a scandal around the transaction between Media Most and Gazprom and the notorious Appendix No....
The beginning of a new political season: do not believe your own eyes.
A new political season introduced by the events of the "mad August" made newspaper observers try and find their way in the newly formed...
Plots and characters of the week: Dorenko, Berezovsky, Putin
On Monday, the Echo of Moscow radio company suggested a question to its listeners: whether Konstantin Ernst was independent in deciding to cancel Sergei...
Issues and plots of the week: Putin and the media, Putin and the "Family",...
"The Kursk disaster has put an end to the long honeymoon between Putin and the Russian media." Olga Romanova, an observer of Vedomosti, considers...
The insane August 2000: the fall of the myth of the leadership and the...
The traumatic shock to the public consciousness caused by August events made the press expect the consequences of these events with its breath held....
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