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Surkov & the Civiliki

putinania wrote 1 month ago: As you may or may not have noticed, I am a bit obsessed with Slava Surkov.  It has gotten to the poi … more →

Tags: Tandemocracy, Sechin's Tower, clan war, Vladislav Surkov, Stratfor, Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin, Alexei Kudrin, Igor Sechin

Afghan heroin could kill US-Russian reset

Graham Stack wrote 3 months ago: Graham Stack for Russia Profile (www.russiprofile.org) In context of the “reset” in U.S.-Russian rel … more →

Tags: Russia, medvedev, reset, obama, Afghanistan

Medvedev moves against state corporations

Graham Stack wrote 3 months ago: Graham Stack for Russia Profile (www.russiaprofile.org) Medvedev Asks State Prosecutor General to In … more →

Tags: Russia, putin, medvedev, civiliki, chemezov

Legal eagles Obama and Medvedev swap notes

Graham Stack wrote 3 months ago: Graham Stack for Russia Profile (www.russiaprofile.org) The Connection Between the Lawyer Presidents … more →

Tags: Russia, putin, medvedev, civiliki, Kremlin, obama

Moscow Rules - Is the 'War on Corruption' About to Heat Up?

jesseheath wrote 5 months ago: In a series of posts a few months ago, I argued that Pres. Medvedev is in the process of building hi … more →

Tags: corruption, federal bailiffs service, President Medvedev, Prosecutor-General

The Siloviki faction: they are everywhere!!!

vladimirillich wrote 8 months ago: In a recent post, I wrote about Hawks and doves within the Kremlin and many thought (as I expected) … more →

Tags: Government, Russian Myths, putin, Politics

The Past Week: March 22-28, 2009 (A Split in Russian Political Forces as Putin Weakens; The Voice of Korea, North Korean Propaganda Outlet; G-20 Protests Begin; A Prescient Wish for a Bush Successor ca. 2006; X-Rated Google Earth)5 comments

insightanalytical wrote 8 months ago: ~~By InsightAnalytical-GRL We spent some time last week discussing pronouncements by China and Russi … more →

Tags: Current Politics, Barack Obama, China, Russia, George W. Bush, North Korea, Kim Jong II, Globalization, Bush administration

"Vodka, SKA and only victory!"1 comment

Alec L wrote 9 months ago: Having scrambled through the mass of drab winter coats nuzzling their way through the exit from the … more →

Tags: Cultural Impressions, Бочкарев Крепкое, Ларек, Ледовый Дворец, СКА Петербург, силовики, спартак москва, Ice palace, omon

'Contract killing is a continuation of business by other means'

markgaleotti wrote 1 year ago: It goes against the grain, but sometimes – rarely – I feel Putin and the Russian security apparatus … more →

Tags: Chechnya, Crime, intelligence, Organized Crime - Russia, Security, contract-killing, politkovskaya, Russia

A Renault u-turn urgently needed as Russia outgrows Avtovaz

Graham Stack wrote 1 year ago: Graham Stack for business new europe Four months after the sensational announcement that turnaround … more →

Tags: Russia, Investment, Automotive

Russian shipping and shipbuilding: The league of national champions

Graham Stack wrote 1 year ago: Graham Stack, for Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty In the 1990s, as the Soviet economy collapsed, t … more →

Tags: Russia, Business, Gazprom, oligarchs, Arctic, Engineering

Rosoboronexport / Russian Technologies – Russia’s unofficial ‘Ministry of Deprivatisation’

Graham Stack wrote 1 year ago: Graham Stack, for  Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Defence sector restructuring into sector-based … more →

Tags: Russia, Business, Economy, Engineering, defence sector, Automotive

Back to the future: The Kremlin takes control of Russia’s aircraft producers

Graham Stack wrote 1 year ago: By Graham Stack, for Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Diversification of the economy has long since … more →

Tags: Russia, Business, Engineering, defence sector, Aviation

Russia Steps On The Gas

Graham Stack wrote 1 year ago: Graham Stack for Russia Profile Germany is Russia’s most prominent European partner, and now Germany … more →

Tags: Russia, putin, Energy

Tracing the rise of Medvedev's network - Russia's "civiliki"

Graham Stack wrote 1 year ago: Graham Stack for business new europe Dmitry Medvedev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s endor … more →

Tags: Russia, putin, medvedev, Petersburg, civiliki

All the Next President’s Men: Dmitry Medvedev’s Civiliki

Graham Stack wrote 1 year ago: Graham Stack for Russia Profile Roll over siloviki, the civiliki are on their way. Dmitry Medvedev, … more →

Tags: Russia, putin, medvedev, civiliki

Russia - KGB state

just let me wrote 1 year ago: The Economist: The making of a neo-KGB state Ref:  The Economist, Aug 23rd 2007 A discussion about w … more →

Tags: Energy, History, Russia, Kgb, FSB, putin, Dictatorship


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