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Mark Galeotti

Coronavirus Propaganda a Problem for the Kremlin, Not a Ploy

Having created a troll ecosystem it is hard for the Kremlin to direct its activities.
Michele A. Berdy

Cabin Fever in Russia? Never!

Feeling a bit down? Cooped up inside getting to you? Here's how to say it in Russian.
Andrei Soldatov

Coronavirus Will Pass, But Moscow's Mass Surveillance Is Here to Stay

Laws that, on the face of it, keep people safe can change the fabric of society.
Andrei Pertsev

Putin the Unstable

Consistency and predictability in Russian politics have all but died.
Ilya Klishin

As Russia Battles the Coronavirus Crisis, Why Is Putin so Absent?

Aside from the brief Russian-Georgian War in 2008, this is the first time in 20 years that Putin has not personally managed a major national crisis.
Michele A. Berdy

A Guide to Russian Stance Verbs

In Russian dresses sit, money lies, plates stand and shelves hang. Какой кошмар.
Mark Galeotti

Moscow's Mayor, Not Putin, Is Leading Russia's Coronavirus Fight. Will He Be Allowed to Do the Job?

The coronavirus is an interesting — if somewhat depressing — case study of late Putinist crisis management.
Ilya Klishin

Why Russian Pensioners Won’t Self-Isolate

Russian pensioners believe that they alone know how to survive through life's hardships.
Nabi Abdullaev

Business in the Time of Coronavirus: Navigating a Pandemic

Companies need to understand how to deal with knee-jerk responses from governments, and not upset politically-important partners.
Dmitry Trenin

Russia Sees Its Worldview Vindicated in the Age of Coronavirus

As the Kremlin prepares to manage the health emergency, it’s coming to view the global disarray as affirmation of its ideology.
Michele A. Berdy

Telecommuting and Fist Bumps Russian Style

Pandemic vocabulary building for everyone. Just in case.
Anton Tabakh

Russia Battles New Economic Crisis on Three Fronts

The current economic turbulence resembles a fire at an explosives warehouse during a flood and an earthquake, all at the same time.
Ilya Shepelin

Russia’s 'Special Path' Won’t Protect it From the Coronavirus

Logic dictates that the pandemic will soon overwhelm Russia too.
Ilya Klishin

Buckwheat and the Coronavirus: How Russians Cope With the End of the World

Although Putin stressed that there was no need to stock up on food, throngs of anxious Muscovites snatched up astronomical quantities of buckwheat.
Mark Galeotti

Farewell, Limonov, a Hand Grenade Amongst the Party Poppers

A Limonov may not have been interested in democracy, but democracy needs to be interested in Limonovs.
Andrey Movchan

War With OPEC Can’t End Well for Russia

Falling oil prices leave no chance Russia’s GDP will grow in 2020 — a bleak prospect for both ordinary people and once optimistic investors.
Michele A. Berdy

Starting the Presidency All Over Again

Russian wits had so much fun with the nullification of presidential term limits.
Alexander Baunov

A New Russia Is Taking Shape and There Is No Turning Back

If Russia ever wants to return to the European model, it will have to dismantle the entire political legacy that this regime has built.
Mark Galeotti

Medvedev’s Security Council Role Makes Him And it More Interesting

Putin appears to have given his ex-premier the chance to demonstrate his political virility.
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