Why Aleksei Navalny's Trial Will Define Putin's Third Term
His case is sending a message that the Kremlin is frightened of a blogger with a cult following who made his name exposing graft in high places. More »
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His case is sending a message that the Kremlin is frightened of a blogger with a cult following who made his name exposing graft in high places. More »
If the opposition activist is jailed even as he manages to convince the public that he is innocent, his stature will only grow. More »
He and other elites have been vanquished, but the oligarchy remains. Just the names have changed. More »
The discipline that prevented skirmishes during Putin's first stint in the Kremlin is giving way to a free-for-all in which nobody is untouchable. More »
A shady smear campaign by Russia's elite signals that Putin may soon be a lame duck. More »
Putin is fighting corruption, but only to ensure loyalty among the country's oligarchs. More »
The Kremlin appears to have concluded that, with animosity toward the elite rising, the prevailing political status quo needs to be shaken up. More »
With a list of criminal charges against him, Alexi Navalny has gone from cult blogger to political legend. More »
Why a brief moment of hope for a more open Russia, embodied by the country's former president, faded. More »
The Russian president knows he won't be in charge forever. And he might be looking for a successor. More »
Intrigue, mayhem, and public shenanigans have gripped the upper echelons of the Russian elite -- just as they did in last days of Boris Yeltsin's rule. More »
Meet the Russian president's go-to operator, a man whose power inside Russia's leadership structure is rapidly increasing. More »
A fractious opposition movement, a divided elite, urgent demographic pressures, and a growing and frustrated middle class could make for a volatile 2013. More »
At the end of 2012, Russia is uneasily suspended between one political era resisting its end and another struggling to begin. More »
It wasn't to break news. More »
... and what it says about the state of Russia's political elite More »
What an alliance between a former finance minister and a prominent opposition leader could mean for the prospects of political reform. More »
Leaked documents suggest that the Russian president is considering a re-branding. Don't count on it. More »
