Recently, Atlantic Council held a private dinner with Russian oligarchs Mikhail Fridman and Pyotr Aven, provoking some criticism among Russian exiles.
Private Dinner with Russian Oligarchs at Atlantic Council
May 28, 2018
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In Advance of Elections, Putin Preparing to Move Against Oligarchs, Martynov Says
April 10, 2016
Having already torn up the social contract between the regime and the population, Putin is now about to destroy the contract between the Kremlin and big business that has existed since 2001, according to Kirill Martynov.
The View From Outside
January 14, 2016
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Russia Update: Rosneft’s Sechin Falls Out of Bloomberg’s ‘Most Influential’
October 5, 2015
Igor Sechin, CEO of Rosneft, Russian oligarch and top crony of President Vladimir Putin has fallen out of Bloomberg’s “most influential people in the world.” Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here. Russia […]
Russia Update: Russian Railways Head Targeted for Corruption by Opposition, Resigns
August 18, 2015
Vladimir Yakunin, head of Russian Railways for the last 10 years and long a target of allegations of corruption by the opposition, has resigned from his position to seek a senator’s seat. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic […]
Russia Update: Russian Security Refusing to Allow Nemtsov’s Companion Duritskaya To Leave Russia
March 2, 2015
Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here. UPDATES BELOW Anna Duritskaya, the Ukrainian companion of slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov who was with him on the night of his murder is not being […]
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Novaya Gazeta: ‘It is Seen as Correct to Initiate Annexation of Eastern Regions of Ukraine to Russia’
February 24, 2015
On February 21, Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, gave an interview to Ekho Moskvy in which he described how his newspaper had obtained a sensational document that indicated the Kremlin had plans to annex Crimea and the Donbass at the same time — even before the toppling of former president Viktor Yanukovych. (For […]
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Sanctions Won’t Change Putin, But May Change His Elites’ Support
May 28, 2014
The evidence that sanctions change a state’s policies is slim. Actually it’s very slim. Economic sanctions taken by themselves have rarely produced the outcomes with which they were designed to produce. The main reason is that the global economy is so diverse, so spread out, that it is almost impossible to create an overarching and […]