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Analyses | | Jadwiga Rogoża

More scapegoats of the Russian anti-corruption campaign

On 20 February Vladimir Pyekhtin, the head of the parliamentary ethics committee and a prominent member of United Russia, together with three other State Duma deputies, resigned their mandates as members of parliament. This came a week…
Analyses | | Jadwiga Rogoża

The Olympics in Sochi costs are rising preparations floundering

On 6-7 February – exactly one year before the Winter Olympics start in Sochi – President Vladimir Putin visited the city and inspected the Olympic venues construction. The president sharply criticised the state of preparations, and ordered…