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New doctrine shows Russia willing and able to use force
On New Year’s Eve, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed off on an updated national security strategy. Its tone matches the deterioration in Russia’s relations with the West. Compared with the 2014 version, two features stand out. NATO is now presented as an adversary rather than a rival, and the instigation ...
Russia feels the political heat as regional and pension debt explodes
As the Russian economy moves further into recession, the Kremlin is looking ahead to next year’s parliamentary elections with mounting concern. It fears that growing economic hardship will cause people to turn against the government. Last month’s regional elections showed just how far the authorities are willing to go to ...
Russia’s corruption crackdown may be a Putin ploy
The Kremlin’s move against the high-level corruption that plagues Russia came as a surprise. Targets included ministries and big business, and there have been arrests and dismissals. Is this a genuine attempt to end the ‘culture of impunity’ or just a ploy by a politically weakened Vladimir Putin, which will ...
Will Putin’s new tactics against the opposition prove counter-productive?
The violent crackdown on protestors that took place on the eve of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration as president has not yet been repeated. In the second in the series on Mr Putin’s return to the Kremlin and the new geopolitical landscape in Russia, we examine whether the Russian authorities’ alternate tactics ...
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