On this week’s Power Vertical Briefing, RFE/RL’s Brian Whitmore and Steve Gutterman discuss the results of yesterday’s Duma elections.
The Briefing: One-Party Rule And A New KGB
September 19, 2016
The Power Vertical
The Briefing: Russia’s Election Show
September 12, 2016
On this week’s Power Vertical Briefing, RFE/RL’s Brian Whitmore and Steve Gutterman discuss Russia’s upcoming State Duma elections.
The Briefing: Putin’s Gunboat Diplomacy
September 5, 2016
On this week’s Power Vertical Briefing, RFE/RL’s Brian Whitmore and Steve Gutterman discuss Putin’s diplomatic efforts at the G20 and whether they were successful.
The Briefing: Putin Vs. Putin
September 2, 2016
The emperor is at war with his inner godfather. The autocrat is battling his inner kleptocrat. The commissar is struggling with his inner crime kingpin. The most consequential political battle in Russia today is not another skirmish among the Kremlin clans; it’s not a showdown between the siloviki and the technocrats; and it’s not a […]
The Daily Vertical: Putin’s Syrian Victims
August 23, 2016
Russia has killed more civilians in Syria than Islamic State according to a new report
The Briefing: Putin’s New Pals
August 8, 2016
On this week’s Power Vertical Briefing, RFE/RL’s Brian Whitmore and Steve Gutterman discuss Putin’s upcoming meetings with Iran’s President Rouhani and Turkey’s President Erdogan.
The Briefing: Putin’s Purge
August 1, 2016
On this week’s Power Vertical Briefing, RFE/RL’s Brian Whitmore and Steve Gutterman discuss the fall out of last week’s reshuffle in Russia.
The Briefing: Russia Dodges A Bullet
July 25, 2016
On this week’s Power Vertical Briefing, RFE/RL’s Brian Whitmore and Steve Gutterman discuss the fallout from the IOC decision and what comes next.
Warsaw: A Very Big Deal
July 9, 2016
So it’s a whole new NATO. Despite Brexit and despite lingering divisions over whether to confront or engage Russia, the transatlantic alliance took some big steps forward at a landmark summit this week in Warsaw. “We face a serious problem in a revanchist Kremlin and this summit has done an excellent job of addressing it,” […]
The Briefing: A Nation Of Suspects And Informants
June 27, 2016
On its last day of work, the outgoing State Duma passed one of its most draconian pieces of legislation to date: a controversial antiterrorism bill that effectively turns Russia into a nation of suspected criminals. On this week’s Power Vertical Briefing, I discuss the bill with Pavel Butorin, managing editor of RFE/RL’s Russian-language television program Current […]