Vilhelm Konnander's weblog

For Newsmill.se: The enormous attention that the indictment against Pussy Riot has created in both Russia and internationally is an ex...

For Global Voices Online: Say the word "roads" to most Russians, and you are likely to end up with an half-hour discussion. T...

For Global Voices Online: A picture says more than a thousand words, the saying goes. An Instagram snapshot that the Russian PM Dmitry ...

For Newsmill.se:   Putin's inability to deliver on his promises sows the seeds to the civil society thay may cause his downfall. It does...

For Veckans Affärer: In 2010, business paper Euromoney Magazine awarded Russia's Alexei Kudrin finance minister of the year in the wor...

For Newsmill.se:   The political landscape is characterized by an uncertainty without comparison during the Putin era. How the Russian leade...

For Newsmill.se: If not Putin - then who? The bitter truth is that twelve years with Putin have eradicated next to all viable alternatives ...

For Newsmill.se: As tens of thousands gather in Moscow and other Russian cities, it is in protest against a corrupt regime, which no longer...

For Global Voice Online : As casualty numbers rise from Sundays' ferry catastrophe on the river Volga, Russians have come to the bitter...