The Kremlin
The sacked mayor of Moscow: Medvedev 1, Luzhkov 0
President Dmitry Medvedev’s dismissal of Yuri Luzhkov, the veteran mayor of Moscow, cements the Kremlin’s grip on power in Russia(14)
Yuri Luzhkov's sacking: To boldly sack
Russia's president calls Yuri Luzhkov's bluff(30)
Moscow highway cancelled: The road to nowhere
President Medvedev suspends a controversial road-building project(16)
Internet censorship in Russia: It's not the Kremlin
Russia has largely avoided China's heavy-handed website blocking. Now Russia's regions are ordering local blocks on their own authority(3)
Russia’s wildfires: Into the inferno
The wildfires devastating central Russia provide the prime minister with an opportunity to show how much he cares(63)
The tough sell of soft power(6)
Energy in Europe: He who pays for the pipelines calls the tune
Nabucco and other new gas pipelines may make Europe’s energy more secure, but market liberalisation matters too(41)
Russia and Western clubs: No thanks, Geneva
Why Russia is turning its back on the World Trade Organisation(29)
Will warm weather stiffen European spines?(7)
Russia's economy: A new sick man
The crisis is dire, but that does not mean that the Kremlin is about to lose control. On the contrary(71)
Russia's ailing economy: Red square blues
Russia’s failure to diversify away from oil should worry the Kremlin(73)
Russia and the rule of law: The Trial, round two
The second trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, like the first, will help determine Russia’s future(42)
The Khodorkovsky case: A new Moscow show trial
A fresh trial of Russia’s jailed oligarch is a critical test for President Medvedev(41)
Russia's economy: Poor little rich kids
As the economy deteriorates, even oligarchs are suffering(46)
Anna Politkovskaya: No justice
Russia is still no closer to finding those who murdered Anna Politkovskaya(37)
Russia: Stalled factories and fireside chats
The Kremlin belatedly recognises the full scale of the economic crisis(65)
Why the new middle classes are so good for their countries’ economies(0)
Rethinking transition in ex-communist countries(6)
Europe.view: Thorns in the east
Pipelines, missiles and maybe something worse(16)
Russia: Uncle Volodya's flagging Christmas spirit
The Russian government is beginning to run out of the goodies that it has traditionally used to buy popular acquiescence(75)
Restive Russians: Courageous protesters
A few welcome hints of protest against the government by ordinary Russians(19)
Europe.view: Power, money and principle
Defending political freedom in Russia and Britain(8)
Russia is not the Soviet Union, but what is it? A recovering world power—or a corrupt oligopoly with a market economy of sorts? Arkady Ostrovsky (interviewed here) explains why it is both(212)
A cornered Russia could pose greater risks(6)
The financial crisis may lead to renationalisation by stealth(3)
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