Ivan Davydov reflects on the success of the recent campaign to free the Russian journalist, and the authorities’ response
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Ivan Davydov on the protest in Yekaterinburg and the institutional legitimacy crisis
With public patience for gross corruption at an all-time low, a ticking time bomb has been laid at the foundations of Russian politics for years to come, writes Ivan Davydov
A few electoral setbacks for the Kremlin in the regions has forced a rethink. Next time, the strategy will be more focused
The Russian state is implementing a punitive online law that is leading to crackdowns on an increasingly wide array of social media posts. But it is proving to be a shambolic form of censorship that suffers from judicial overreach and absurd-sounding convictions.
Yampolskaya’s appointment is a cosmetic rearrangement of officials to stir fresh intrigue
Here is how the Kremlin is enacting an unpopular economic reform: deny responsibility, declare its inevitability, distract the public with a popular sporting event
Spoiler alert: Sergei Sobyanin is on course to retain his post at Moscow’s mayoral elections this September. The tactics bear a resemblance in miniature to how Vladimir Putin ran his campaign for his fourth presidential term.
The pomp of Vladimir Putin’s fourth inauguration has a tsarist quality to it, and so does his government’s sanctioned violence against protesters.