2020 in Russia: the year when politics became a crime
Ivan Davydov on key developments in Russia in 2020
Ivan Davydov on key developments in Russia in 2020
Alexander Morozov on why Putin has not become an Atatürk for post-Soviet Russia
Tatiana Stanovaya on how dreams of greatness can in fact erode the Russian state
Stanislav Andreychuk considers the results of Russia’s national “referendum” on constitutional amendments
Igor Gretskiy wonder why Putin has again decided to take on the role of historian
Mikhail Turchenko unpacks what’s wrong with the constitutional amendments and the popular vote
Ivan Davydov is scratching his head at the vacuous and facile advertising campaigns pushing for amendments to the Russian Constitution
Putin has become the key subject of Russian memes, writes Svetlana Shomova — once to his credit, but increasingly to his detriment
Olesya Zakharova on the rhetoric of popular sovereignty used to maintain an authoritarian regime in Russia
Vladislav Inozemtsev on how the coronavirus will help citizens ‘swallow’ both the economic recession and constitutional reform
Ivan Preobrazhensky on the constitutional transition
Alexander Morozov on the modernization of “eternal” institutions of Putinism