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Petrov: Putin’s major reshuffling of Russia’s ruling elite is “a very well-planned campaign”

(Christian Science Monitor) President Vladimir Putin has abruptly sacked his longtime aide and confidant, Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov, amid what appears to be a major reshuffling within the…

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Petrov: DNC email hack attracted little attention in Russia; state media likely following orders from the Kremlin

(NBC) If the theft of 20,000 emails from the Democratic National Committee caused political shockwaves in the U.S., allegations that Moscow was behind the hack have barely registered a ripple…

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Petrov: The Kremlin is interested in any kind of disagreement in the EU which makes it weaker

(NYT) President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia received the geopolitical equivalent of manna from heaven when British voters opted to leave the European Union, speeding his long-term goal of weakening…

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Petrov: Victory Day is practically the only 20th-century event that all Russians, from every political spectrum, can agree upon

(CSM) Sofia Serbinenko was on the streets of Moscow with about 800,000 other marchers Monday, carrying a beribboned photograph of her great-grandfather, a Soviet fighter-bomber pilot who fought the Nazis in World…

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Putin reshuffles top officials; Kudrin reappointed

(Business Insider) President Vladimir Putin has carried out a major reshuffling of Russia's law enforcement in attempts to take an even stronger grasp of the country, the Financial Times reports. In…

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Petrov: Three possible outcomes for the Russian regime

(Business Insider) Russia is facing a governmental crisis that could radically alter the shape and structure of the country in the coming years. According to Nikolay Petrov, a visiting fellow at the…

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Putin’s downfall: The coming crisis of the Russian regime

(ECFR) The current trajectory of the Russian regime is unstable and without dramatic change it will crumble within the next year, according to a leading Russia specialist. “Putin’s downfall: The…

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How Putin Changed the Balance of Power Among Russia’s Elite (Op-Ed)

(Moscow Times) As is often the case in Russia, the creation of the National Guard was long anticipated, and therefore, caught everyone by surprise. The sheer scale of the restructuring has affected practically every branch of the siloviki. The Interior Ministry…

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Petrov: Putin is very focused on domestic issues; there’s a major electoral campaign

(Chicago Tribune) If international confrontations over Ukraine and Syria have dominated Vladimir Putin's third term in the Kremlin, the president focused far more on domestic issues in his latest annual call-in show…

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Russian futures: horizon 2025

(EUISS Report) Predicting Russia’s future is a perilous exercise. Many, indeed perhaps most, of those who have ventured to make such predictions in the past have erred in one way or…

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Petrov

Petrov: Putin’s major reshuffling of Russia’s ruling elite is “a very well-planned campaign”

Petrov: DNC email hack attracted little attention in Russia; state media likely following orders from the Kremlin

Petrov: The Kremlin is interested in any kind of disagreement in the EU which makes it weaker

Petrov: Victory Day is practically the only 20th-century event that all Russians, from every political spectrum, can agree upon

Putin reshuffles top officials; Kudrin reappointed

Petrov: Three possible outcomes for the Russian regime

Putin’s downfall: The coming crisis of the Russian regime

How Putin Changed the Balance of Power Among Russia’s Elite (Op-Ed)

Petrov: Putin is very focused on domestic issues; there’s a major electoral campaign

Russian futures: horizon 2025