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Bumps ahead
2013 was clearly the year of Vladimir Putin. After an embarrassing 2011 and a whacky 2012, the Russian president solidified his grip on the domestic political realm, tightened the screws so efficiently that by the end of the year he … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, government, governors, judiciary, medvedev, protests, pussy_riot, putin, sechin, sochi, terrorism, ukraine
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A case against Medvedev
It started as yet another bill extending the powers of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. It continued with brilliant back-handers from Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev. The Prime Minister dryly criticised Putin’s initiative, to which Putin replied with … Continue reading
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Tagged government, judiciary, kudrin, medvedev, nvestigative_committee, presad, putin
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An aging octopus
Right after the Moscow mayoral election, Vladimir Putin nominated his aide Tatiana Golikova to head the Court of Audit. The Russian and international press did not care much: after all, Navalny and Roizman occupied the headlines. A couple of weeks … Continue reading
Posted in Kremlinology, Society
Tagged democratisation, golikova, government, presad, putin, siloviki, sobyanin, surkov, s_ivanov, united_russia, valdai, v_volodin
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Unclear fission
The dismissal of Vladislav Surkov might just be the beginning of a serious rupture in the Russian political elite. Not that this is of any surprise. Surkov was a very important figure of the past fourteen years and he is … Continue reading
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Tagged civiliki, dvorkovich, government, party_system, peoples_front, presad, putin, sechin, surkov, s_ivanov, united_russia, v_volodin
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Instead of a requiem*
Many articles, opinion pieces, alas, even political obituaries have been published in the past couple of days on Vladislav Surkov, the former ‘grey cardinal’ of Russian politics who was swiftly dismissed after a public spat with the Investigative Committee over … Continue reading
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Tagged democratisation, energy, government, investigative_committee, kudrin, medvedev, modernisation, m_prokhorov, presad, sechin, siloviki, skolkovo, surkov, v_volodin
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A permanent front line?
April can easily become a turning point in Russian politics. Оn 17 April, next Wednesday Dmitry Medvedev will address the State Duma to present the achievements of his government in the past year. He has all reasons to feel uncomfortable: … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-corruption, civiliki, government, just_russia, kudrin, medvedev, moscow, party_system, peoples_front, presad, siloviki, sobyanin, s_ivanov, united_russia, v_volodin, y_shkolov
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Reset or upgrade?
Last week, the Minchenko Consulting published its newest report on the dynamics of the so-called Politburo 2.0 – a circle of influential politicians and businessman that make up the informal decision-making body around the President. The report, which is a … Continue reading
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Tagged central_bank, duma_election, dvorkovich, economy, energy, government, medvedev, m_prokhorov, party_system, peoples_front, presad, presidential_election, putin, siloviki, successor, s_ivanov, united_russia
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