Russia
The Personality Problem
In an age of globalization and revolutionary upheaval, grand impersonal forces might appear to be winning out. But don't discount the human factor.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 7, 2012
'This Is How You Elect a F*cking President?'
Putin cracks down on Moscow's protesters before the victory tears are dry on his face.
BY JULIA IOFFE | MARCH 6, 2012
Moscow's Merry Pranksters
Big public demonstrations may be a new development in Russia, but protests in the streets have been around for a while. Just ask the artists.
BY ALEXIS ZIMBERG | MARCH 3, 2012
Kill the Messenger
What Russia taught Syria: When you destroy a city, make sure no one -- not even the story -- gets out alive.
BY ROBERT YOUNG PELTON | MARCH 2, 2012
Who Will Win Russia’s One-Man Election?
Once again, it all comes down to Putin versus himself.
BY JULIA IOFFE | MARCH 2, 2012
Heroes of Their Time
In Russia’s hinterlands, a small group of disgruntled villagers are staging an odd protest against the government -- but not quite against Putin.
BY SHAUN WALKER | MARCH 2, 2012
Above and Beyond
Even death hasn’t stopped the Kremlin’s persecution of Sergei Magnitsky.
BY WILLIAM F. BROWDER | MARCH 1, 2012
The Kremlin's Big Gamble
Can Vladimir Putin's simulated democracy survive another rigged election?
BY DAVID J. KRAMER AND CHRISTOPHER WALKER | MARCH 1, 2012
Putin the Peacemaker?
Russia's once and future president, Vladimir Putin, likes to talk tough. But what he really wants is to be America's partner -- and Washington isn't listening.
BY DMITRI TRENIN | FEBRUARY 28, 2012
Nasty Electoral Rhetoric Goes Global
Putin's reelection strategy: Blame the world for everything.
BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | FEBRUARY 27, 2012
Tightening the Screws
It might be just coincidence that Moscow is messing with opposition media as a shaky Putin looks toward the elections, but it’s beginning to look a lot like a nasty pattern.
BY JULIA IOFFE | FEBRUARY 21, 2012
Embarrassment of Riches
Natural resources would seem to promise easy money. Welcome to the dark side.
BY PETER PASSELL | FEBRUARY 9, 2012
Putin Without Putinism
Everyone assumes that Vladimir Putin will win Russia's presidential election next month. But can his iron fist survive his victory?
BY ANDERS ÅSLUND | FEBRUARY 8, 2012
Talking to the Vanguard
Conversations with the new wave of Russia’s civil society opposition.
BY LEON ARON | FEBRUARY 7, 2012
Putin Is Already Dead
The sweeping protests that have riled Moscow signal the end of Russia's strongman, but the real gains will require millions to adopt the project of democracy and dignity.
BY LEON ARON | FEBRUARY 7, 2012
Upping the Ante
With 100,000 protesters -- young, old, and everything in between -- out in the freezing streets of Moscow, the heat is being turned up on Vladimir Putin's drive for the presidency.
BY JULIA IOFFE | FEBRUARY 5, 2012
The Cynics at the Gates
The world is more prepared to stop atrocities than ever before, but it is still unwilling -- or unable -- to actually bring those atrocities to an end.
BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 3, 2012
Is Putin's Fake Rival the Real Deal?
Everyone thought billionaire playboy Mikhail Prokhorov was just a patsy for Vladimir Putin to run against and crush. But what if he wins?
BY SIMON SHUSTER | FEBRUARY 3, 2012
Brothers in Arms
Vladimir Putin's stubborn support for the Syrian regime is intended to shore up his faltering support within Russia.
BY MICHAEL WEISS, JULIA PETTENGILL | FEBRUARY 2, 2012
The Georgian Paradox
As Georgia's recent experience demonstrates, fighting corruption and building democracy are two different things.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 31, 2012
Why Putinomics Isn't Worth Emulating
Don't let the Russian economy fool you: It's still all about oil.
BY PETER PASSELL | JANUARY 27, 2012
8 Geopolitically Endangered Species
Meet the weaker countries that will suffer from American decline.
BY ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI | JAN/FEB 2012
The End of Putin
Alexey Navalny on why the Russian protest movement will win.
INTERVIEW BY JULIA IOFFE | DECEMBER 28, 2011
Won't Get Fooled Again
With unprecedented protests in Moscow this weekend, Russia's growing opposition movement is making it clear they won't stand for Putin's march to power.
BY JULIA IOFFE | DECEMBER 24, 2011
The Man Who Got Russia Right
Washington has a long tradition of misreading Moscow. As Putin teeters, it’s worth recalling George Kennan, the best Kremlinologist America ever had.
BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | DECEMBER 23, 2011
Vaclav Havel, Man of Whimsy
In memory of a natural dissident -- and an accidental president.
BY JEFFREY GEDMIN | JAN/FEB 2012
The Condomnation of Vladimir Putin
Russia’s embattled ruler meets his public.
BY JULIA IOFFE | DECEMBER 16, 2011
Project Prokhorov
From the right angle, the Russian oligarch almost looks like a real presidential candidate. He's not.
BY SHAUN WALKER | DECEMBER 14, 2011
Can Egypt's Islamist finance minister cut a deal with the IMF?
BY DAVID KENNER
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Odierno: Syrian rebels will prevail, but sequester makes U.S. intervention risky
BY KEVIN BARON
Time to bring the nukes back to South Korea
BY BENNETT RAMBERG
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
Does this woman look like she'd be a good president of Bulgaria?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?
BY JOHN HUDSON
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