Now that President Vladimir Putin has firmly aligned the government with the Russian Orthodox Church, he has moved on to create a new burden for the nation: a program to re-industrialize the country.
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What was singer Andrei Makarevich expecting when he wrote a letter last week to President Vladimir Putin about the widespread corruption in the country?
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Pussy Riot's "punk prayer" in Christ the Savior Cathedral lasted only 40 seconds. The trial over the prank, which grim-faced prosecutors claim has undermined Russia's entire spiritual foundation, lasted just a week and half.
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When President Vladimir Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, was asked whether he reads anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny's blog, Peskov replied that he "didn't think it was necessary," Rbc.ru reported. That's a pity, because if he did read it, Peskov could learn a great deal of interesting information about the country that is not reported on the censored state television channels. Besides, Navalny's investigations make for entertaining reading. They are like real-life thrillers.
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Some claim Russia first became seriously interested in drones during the 2008 war with Georgia, when the Defense Ministry hastily looked to acquire Israeli drone technology
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Last week, a delegation of Russian senators traveled to Washington to make a last-ditch attempt to derail the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act. By the time they were finished, the trip had turned into a fiasco, highlighting the need for the law they so vehemently oppose.
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SOMETHING surprising is beginning to stir in the outlook of young Russians. A pervasive cynicism about communal action that took hold after the Soviet state and its professed collective ethos collapsed may be making way for a new sensibility — the idea that citizens can organize, be responsible for one another, and ultimately have an effect on how Russia governs itself.
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On March 7, three days after Vladimir Putin was elected president for the third time, he answered a question from a journalist about wide speculation that he would now have a free hand to tighten the screws on the people. He said only half-jokingly: “Of course we will. How can we manage without it? Don’t let your guard down.” Re
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President Vladimir Putin has never hidden his admiration for Yury Andropov, head of the KGB and his boss when Putin was serving in the Soviet secret police.
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I have often had conversations with Russian officials who sincerely believe that the opposition movement is funded by the United States as part of a conspiracy against Russia. Belief in a sinister U.S. plot plays a central role in their entire world view.
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Russian police let hundreds of activists roam Moscow's Red Square freely on Sunday in the...
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