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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...

What makes a candidate stand for an election that he knows he cannot win, and in the process is destined to drift to the verge of bankruptcy...

In recent years, sovereign democracy has become a key ideological tenet in Russian politics and society. As the ideology for the party in po...

According to Russian newspaper, Nezavisimaya Gazeta , Russian communist leader Gennadiy Zyuganov considers withdrawing his candidacy for the...

This week, Polish president Lech Kaczyński called for early parliamentary polls this autumn. However, it is unlikely that elections will put...

Between 1 and 30 June this year, the Blog-Carnival Russian media will take place. Initiated by the Swiss blog Krusenstern , bloggers with ...

Was Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko right to call for parliamentary elections? This is a question that in recent days has been the sub...