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Published in: oDRPutin stays
The Kremlin has adopted a deliberate strategy – to let the rouble continue falling as the 'lesser of two evils'; and...
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Published in: oDRTalking about the rouble, President Putin makes a few phone calls
Even as the Russian rouble responds to Central Bank intervention, people are taking to the streets in search of...
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Published in: oDRThe rouble crisis in Siberia
As the rouble collapses, residents of Tomsk have long memories — from Black Tuesday 1994 to Black Tuesday 2014.
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Published in: oDRWelcome to the not-so-new world order
The latest IMF report has confirmed what some have long argued – ‘rising powers’ like Russia and China are changing...
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Published in: oDRHow much does a Russian distillery really cost?
In Kirov, an incautious remark by Aleksei Navalny might result in five people going to prison for 10 years.
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Published in: oDRRussians are not bothered by Western sanctions
Sanctions have had a limited effect on the Russian population whose support towards the government’s Ukrainian...
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Published in: oDRFor the Russian elite, loyalty is all
Life has changed for Russia’s elite – and not just their holiday destinations… На русском языке
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Published in: oDRStimulating the Russian economy
The dividing line between market liberals and supporters of active state intervention in the Russian economy has...
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Published in: oDRWe have made today's Frankenstein with our own hands
When communism ended, Russia’s people wanted democracy. Instead, they got the market and neoliberalism. Now, it...
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Published in: oDRYevgeny Prigozhin: сaterer to the Kremlin
Putin’s ‘personal chef' seems to have a finger in every Russian pie...