The Year 2008 Problem: an incognito successor and a cover operation
At a press conference in Shanghai on June 16 (the tenth anniversary of Russia's memorable presidential election in 1996), President Vladimir Putin presented journalists,...
New empire style in Russia and new nation style in the US: will George...
Soon it will be the first anniversary of Vladimir Putin's real presidency. According to Delovye Ludi magazine, December 31, 1999 turned out to be...
VLADIMIR PUTIN REFORMATS RUSSIAN POLITICS
"Congress of the Victors". That's how the media described the recent joint conference of Unity, Fatherland, and All Russia, held in the Column Hall...
THE NEW ST. PETERSBURG TEAM VERSUS THE OLD YELTSIN TEAM, IN AN OIL WINTER
Russia's period of relative economic prosperity is drawing to a close. This thought has been ubiquitous of late, directly stated or by implication, in...
Topics of the week: party-building and freedom of speech in Russia
The media acknowledged the top political story of the week to be the merger between Fatherland and Unity - the two parties of Russia's...
Condoleezza Rice’s visit to Moscow and A brilliant future for Russia
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Moscow has provided further evidence for the old formula: the number of publications equals - no, not...
READING THE PAPERS LIKE TEA-LEAVES
Not an administrative reform but rather "an administrative revolution" - thus, the magazine Itogi believes, the first stage of the transformation started by Russian...
REDISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL FLOWS AND A PURGE OF THE POLITICAL ARENA
The Security Council meeting on military restructuring, first scheduled for July 27 but actually held last week, has created a sensation. As the newspaper...
Plots of the week: administrative reforms and public phobias
The bill on new principles of formation of the Federation Council which has been widely discussed in the media lately was passed, as Nezavisimaya...
PARTIES AND POLITICIANS ARE DOING ELECTION RECONNAISSANCE: THE POLITICAL SEASON IS OVER – LONG...
Spring session of the Senate is over; and, by tradition, the political season has also ended. However, at present it is difficult to speak...
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