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Putin’s new team brings no changes?

May 23, 2012 Dan Peleschuk, Russia Profile
Russia’s experts make guesses of whether Vladimir Putin’s new administration will shift all power back to the Kremlin

New Russian cabinet announced

May 21, 2012 RIA Novosti
President Vladimir Putin replaced the unpopular education and health ministers, renewed most of the economic bloc, formed two new offices and split one ministry in the new Cabinet

Back to regional elections

May 21, 2012 Igor Vyuzhny
Russia has seen a renewed interest in regional elections as voters look to change the system from the bottom up

Russia’s new Cabinet to be announced in late May

May 17, 2012 Natalya Kostenko, Evgenia Pismennaya, Vedomosti.ru
The new Russian cabinet will not be announced for several days, but that has not stopped analysts from speculating as to its composition

Making Russia a better place to live in six years

May 14, 2012 Maxim Tovkailo, Philip Sterkin, Vedomosti.ru
The fourth president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, plans to make the country a great place to live and do business within six years

Russia returns to direct election of governors

May 2, 2012 Russia Beyond the Headlines
With adoption of the law on gubernatorial elections Medvedev has partly fulfilled the demands of the protesters who took to the street starting last December

Is Russia's Far East overcrowded by Chinese immigrants?

April 28, 2012 Artem Zagorodnov
One of the myths in Moscow is that Russia’s Far East is overrun with Chinese immigrants. Sergei Pushkarev, the former head of the Vladivostok regional branch of the Federal Migration Service talked to RBTH why this myth persists in the Far East

Hunger strike for fair elections ends

April 27, 2012 Alexander Kilyakov
The hunger strike that was carried out by members of the Russian opposition in Astrakhan has been declared a success

Television for the elite

April 26, 2012 Alexander Vostrov
Is there any hope for Medvedev’s plan to create public television?

Medvedev meets with TV journalists

April 26, 2012 Russia Beyond the Headlines
Russia’s outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev sat with TV journalists to discuss Astrakhan’s hunger strike, the Pussy Riot scandal, censorship in the country, and other political problems

Back to the Kremlin

April 25, 2012 Marina Volkova
Political and ceremonial traditions continue to evolve as Putin returns to the seat of power

Chosen few to face new ballot

April 25, 2012 Andrew Roth, Russia Profile
Today Russia's State Duma has adopted the bill about gebernatorial elections which will allow voters to decide who should oversee their region. In a bid to promote political openness, regional governors are expected to be directly elected

Independents’ day dawns at local polls

April 24, 2012 Andrew Roth, Russia Profile
United Russia’s poor showing in certain regions has prompted calls for a party rebranding

The Russian Orthodox Church won't be silent

April 23, 2012 Marina Darmaros
Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for Relations between the Church and Society, spoke to RBTH's Marina Darmaros about ecumenism, his attitude towards contemporary art, the punk band Pussy Riot and liberals

Shoigu moves from Emercom to governorship

April 11, 2012 Roman Vorobyov
Russia's former Emergency Minister has been appointed governor of Moscow region. Experts claim that the new governor is facing exceptional challenges

Putin supports two-term-total limit for President

April 11, 2012 Russia Today TV Channel
Vladimir Putin says he is ready to discuss a constitutional two-presidential-term limit though it would not rule out the chance for him to remain Russian President till 2024

The historian with a knack for negotiation

April 11, 2012 Alexander Bratersky
At 45, Vladimir Ryzhkov is one of the senior opposition figures. His Achilles Heel is his cautiousness – but that could again open political doors for him

Military reform "almost" complete

April 9, 2012 Ivan Safronov, Kommersant-Vlast
Modernizing Russia’s army has been Dmitry Medvedev's primary concern. As he prepares to leave the presidency, he took stock of reforms in the sector

Putin 3.0: what can we expect?

April 2, 2012 Leonid Radzikhovsky
What will Putin’s new presidential term – officially the third, but actually the fourth – be like? Will we see Putin 2.0 reloaded or will the regime collapse and the world witness a third Russian revolution in 100 years?

Not ready to throw in the towel

March 27, 2012 Masha Charnay
Medvedev revives commitment to fighting corruption, discusses new policy roadmap
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