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Published in: oDRLetter from Togliatti: ugly brides go to the pollsThe car-manufacturing city of Togliatti will this Sunday go to the polls for a second time to elect its new mayor....
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Published in: oDRPower and Weakness in Putin’s RussiaVladimir Putin’s support machine was strong enough to guarantee him victory on 5th March. Putin’s strength is the...
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Published in: oDRRussia votes: can Putin survive? (Update)Updated with transcript. Video originally published 3 March Just a few days before the presidential election,...
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Published in: oDRWhy the opposition lost to Putin
As Russia's opposition comes to terms with Sunday's results, the time has come for sober reflection. The conclusions...
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Published in: oDRThe way forward for Russia’s oppositionThe protest movement didn’t achieve its ultimate goal at Sunday’s presidential elections, but Yuri Saprykin, a...
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Published in: oDRThe weapon of truth: an independent observer’s view of a non-electionThe debacle of last December's rigged parliamentary elections convinced many people who had previously been...
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Published in: oDRAn election, or a declaration of war?Amid growing proof of ‘dirty tricks’ during Sunday’s presidential election, the new Russian government has made it...
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Published in: oDRPutin’s anti-American campaignThis Sunday Russians elect their new president in an election Putin is virtually certain to win. Putin's campaign...
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Published in: oDRMoscow on the eve of the presidential electionRustem Adagamov, writing under the name Drugoi, is Russia’s most popular political blogger. At one time a fan of...
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Published in: oDRHow Putin can become a moderniserA majority of Russians – and not all of them opponents of Putin – demand modernisation. Yet the predominance of the...
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Published in: oDRAfter Putin – who ?Which ever way the forthcoming election swings, Russians will soon be looking for a new leader. With much of the...
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Published in: oDRIs Alexei Navalny sent to spoil the democratic party?Navalny’s campaigns against corruption and his clever campaigning have won him a central role in the protests...
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Published in: oDRVladimir Putin: his place in history
Vladimir Putin’s one great achievement is the restoration of bureaucratic order after its near destruction by...
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Published in: oDRAnyone but Putin: how Russians should vote in MarchRussians keen to punish Vladimir Putin at the polls on March 4 have four opposition candidates to choose from, but...
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Published in: oDRThe Akunin-Navalny interviews: part III
Politician-blogger Alexei Navalny and writer Grigory Chkhartishvili (a.k.a Boris Akunin) conclude their dialogue...
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Published in: oDRThe Akunin-Navalny Interviews: part IIoD Russia continues publication of a remarkable exchange between two leaders of the Russian protest movement —...
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Published in: oDRThe Akunin-Navalny interviews (part I)Just before the last Moscow demonstration on December 24, two of the protest movement’s most popular leaders —...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s Smouldering 'White Revolution'The Putin regime has little to fear from the latest public protests which, despite drawing large crowds, are...
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Published in: oDRSmall deeds, no politicsMoscow’s protest movement is gathering momentum, bringing in greater numbers and a wider constituency of supporters....
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Published in: oDRPutin’s charm offensive: will he moderate his course?
The first indications as to how the Russian regime might react to the country's unexpected protest movement came...
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