Richard Sakwa is professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent, England. He is the author of Putin: Russia's Choice (2007), Russian Politics and Society (2008), Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands (2014) and Putin Redux (2014).
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Published in: oDRUkraine and the postcolonial conditionWhat does the debate over Ukraine’s postcolonial status reveal about the future of the country’s domestic and...
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Published in: oDRBook review: Rajan Menon and Eugene B. Rumer, ‘Conflict in Ukraine: The Unwinding of the Post–Cold War Order’Truth may well be the first victim of war, and fair-minded and dispassionate accounts of events in Ukraine are rare.
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Published in: oDRCan Putinism solve its contradictions?Russia today is a hybrid state, combining democratic institutions with authoritarian practices, which coexist in a...
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Published in: oDRInvestigator Bastrykin and the search for enemiesAlexandr Bastrykin, head of Russia’s influential Investigative Committee, is one of the most powerful individuals in...
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Published in: oDRPutin Redux: Continuity and changeIs Putinism a static system, or is it in need of renewal after the events of the past year? Richard Sakwa discusses...
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Published in: oDRPrologue: an oligarch fallsThe Russian election campaign is hotting up. In the middle of September Mikhail Prokhorov was dismissed as leader of...