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| Jadwiga Rogoża
The Kremlin’s decision to pardon Khodorkovsky and the amnesty covering certain political prisoners will temporarily neutralise Western criticism of Russia.
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| Jadwiga Rogoża
On 12 December President Vladimir Putin made his annual speech at the Federal Assembly which is an important political signal to the elite.
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| Jadwiga Rogoża
On 16 October the regional court in Kirov handed down its sentence to the opposition leader Aleksei Navalny. The court upheld the sentence of five years’ imprisonment, but suspended the sentence for that period of time. The trial of…
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| Jadwiga Rogoża
On 8 September local elections were held in most regions of Russia, including elections of governors, regional legislatures and city mayors. While most regions saw strong victories for government candidates, in several cities with…
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| Jadwiga Rogoża
The Navalny case, which was supposed to be a show of force against the opposition, has at the same time proved to be a catalyst of disputes within the elite itself. These concern both the degree of the repression against political…
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The pro-Kremlin movement, the Popular Front for Russia! (Narodny Front za Rossiyu), held its founding congress on 11–12 June in Moscow, and was unanimous in choosing Vladimir Putin as its leader. The emergence of the Front fits in with the…
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On 2 April, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued two executive decrees implementing laws on anti-corruption and the monitoring of conformity of public officials’ expenditure with their income. The decrees specify the new requirements to…
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| Jadwiga Rogoża
Recent months have seen a series of events which have tarnished the ‘party of power’ United Russia’s reputation and deepened the erosion in its ranks. The party is coming under constant criticism from the opposition, and has become the…
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| Jadwiga Rogoża
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…
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| Jadwiga Rogoża
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…