The Daily Vertical: Russia’s real debate (Transcript)
The most interesting thing that happened during yesterday's so-called election was a heated debate between a candidate who received less than two percent of the vote and one who wasn't even on the ballot.
Putin’s Vision of a New ‘World Order’ Increasingly Worrisome, Kirillova Says
It is perhaps emblematic of the times, but Vladimir Putin is increasingly using video clips and full-scale films to articulate his views of Russia and the world.
Putin’s Brezhnev Moment
So, Vladimir Putin just had another Leonid Brezhnev moment. Last year, the current Kremlin leader surpassed the longtime Soviet ruler in longevity in power.
How I Accidentally Spread ‘Fake News’ And Learned From It
Not long ago, during an extensive dive into my e-mails in search of a friend’s address, I came across a story forwarded to me by journalist Remy Ourdan.
The view from Moscow: Sound and Fury
To whom and why did Russian President Vladimir Putin address in his impressively aggressive Federal Assembly speach delivered on 1 March? As usual, the pundits disagree.
The Daily Vertical: Putin’s image police (transcript)
Like any head of state, Vladimir Putin has an army of bodyguards to protect him. But unlike most heads of state, he now seems to also have guards protecting pictures of him as well.
The Daily Vertical: More Than One Way To Undermine Your Neighbor’s Sovereignty (Transcript)
There's more than one way to steal your neighbor's territory. There's more than one way to undermine your neighbor's sovereignty. There's more than one way to violate your neighbor's independence.
Militarily, Baltic region is stable; but in terms of information war, it’s not, Latvian...
The situation in the Baltic region militarily is “quite stable,” Andis Kudors says, not only because NATO has beefed up its defenses there but because Vladimir Putin is interested in the first instance in…
Most people in the West make two fatal mistakes about Moscow ‘media,’ Yakovenko says
Most people in the West continue to make two “fatal” mistakes about the media in Putin’s Russia, Igor Yakovenko says.
Russians so overwhelmingly apolitical that poll numbers are meaningless, Kagarlitsky says
Given that 90 percent of Russian society is “apolitical,” Moscow commentator Boris Kagarlitsky says, “it is impossible” to say how much support Vladimir Putin or anyone else has.