Translation: Was Surkov Fired for Bolotnaya Sympathies?
Based on multiple interviews with high-placed sources, Vedomosti’s Lilia Biryukova, Maxim Glikin, and Maxim Tovkailo compile four major theories to explain Surkov’s resignation last Wednesday: Was it a...
View ArticleTranslation: When do Russian Officials become Democrats?
When they are fed to other bureaucrats. Or so argues Mikhail Rostovsky in an op-ed for Moskovskij Komsomolets, in analyzing the resignations of Surkov and Alexei Chesnakov. Surkov for Breakfast,...
View ArticleTranslation: Vladislav Surkov –“I Was by a Great Man’s Side” (part 1)
In which the “gray cardinal of the Kremlin” Vladislav Surkov waxes philosophical about Putin’s holiness, the nature of freedom, and why mistakes are good in his first interview (1/2), conducted with...
View ArticleTranslation: Vladislav Surkov –“I Was by a Great Man’s Side” (part 2)
The continuation of Surkov’s interview (2/2) with Andrei Kolesnikov, in which he expounds on the meaning of friendship, leisure, love for the fatherland, and life itself. See part 1 here. Vladislav...
View ArticleTranslation: Did Navalny Fail to Reach an “Understanding”?
Izvestia’s Sergey Podosenov queries political experts as to why a new case has been launched against Navalny. The concensus is that he is becoming too popular, or violated informal understandings....
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