The dramatic events that brought the 1990s to a close in Russia — the war between the oligarchs and the government, the August crisis of 1998, the beginning of the second Chechen war and the choice of a successor — were bookended by the release of two iconic movies by Alexei Balabanov.
Today’s independent Russia is a country that has risen anew. It has been obliged to solve, practically from scratch, the question of its place in the world — what unites the people who inhabit it, what kind of relationship these people have with the state and what they expect from it.
Russia claims punitive economic sanctions imposed by the West are responsible for the indefinite halt to gas supplies via Europe’s main pipeline. It represents the clearest indication yet that the Kremlin is seeking to force Europe to lift the economic measures in order for Moscow to turn the taps back on ahead of winter.
A generation later, as Putin marks the 15th anniversary of acceding to power on 7 May 2000, Russia has changed beyond all recognition from the chaotic, open free-for-all it was under Yeltsin ...
MOSCOW—It’s easy to see why President Vladimir Putin might have thought ratcheting up tensions on Ukraine’s border and blaming it all on NATO and the U.S. would rally his faltering support ...
Recent adjustments in the class structure of Russian society led to shrinking of the middle class and increase of the poor. This trend is set to continue in the near future, Evgeniy Gontmaher wrote for MK.ru. Economics of Degradation The economics of degradation may continue for another decade, the expert believes. The economics of degradation,…
The political regime that took shape under Putin, whose legitimacy in many respects rested on the promise to not allow a return to the “wild 90s,” became in practice a hostage to the worldview and methods of that decade, in which financial prosperity depended on your proximity to the throne. The law was applied manually and power was ultimately always measured in money.
During Putin’s first term, the state did not try to impose its ideology, did not intrude into private life and created conditions for economic growth and new consumer opportunities.
The dramatic events that brought the 1990s to a close in Russia — the war between the oligarchs and the government, the August crisis of 1998, the beginning of the second Chechen war and the choice of a successor — were bookended by the release of two iconic movies by Alexei Balabanov.
The Kremlin’s continuing use of manual control to manage issues relating to power was a clear signal that this structure to life remained unchanged , and that the “normalization” postponed for the future had finally been withdrawn from the agenda.
The culmination of this mobilizing impulse was the new “war with fascism” in Ukraine, which began to unfold on the country’s TV screens in 2014.
From 2012 onward, the state no longer attempted to pluck a national idea from the air to respond to this unofficial social demand.
Yury Saprykin is a prominent Russian journalist and culturologist. for our free weekly newsletter covering News and Business. The best of The Moscow Times, delivered to your inbox. Read more about: Putin.
Robert Hormats says that we must not turn our backs on Russia in its time of need.
Cohen thinks people in their early 20's to mid-30's have lost hope, and maybe even their belief in market economy.
The losses for western investors hurt, of course. But in the Russian heartland, the suffering is immediate and very real.
Talis says crime is so rampant that it is dangerous for Russians to go alone to pick up money sent by American relatives.
The political regime that took shape under Putin, whose legitimacy in many respects rested on the promise to not allow a return to the “wild 90s,” became in practice a hostage to the worldview and methods of that decade, in which financial prosperity depended on your proximity to the throne. The law was applied manually and power was ultimately always measured in money.
During Putin’s first term, the state did not try to impose its ideology, did not intrude into private life and created conditions for economic growth and new consumer opportunities.
The dramatic events that brought the 1990s to a close in Russia — the war between the oligarchs and the government, the August crisis of 1998, the beginning of the second Chechen war and the choice of a successor — were bookended by the release of two iconic movies by Alexei Balabanov.
The Kremlin’s continuing use of manual control to manage issues relating to power was a clear signal that this structure to life remained unchanged , and that the “normalization” postponed for the future had finally been withdrawn from the agenda.
The culmination of this mobilizing impulse was the new “war with fascism” in Ukraine, which began to unfold on the country’s TV screens in 2014.
From 2012 onward, the state no longer attempted to pluck a national idea from the air to respond to this unofficial social demand.
Yury Saprykin is a prominent Russian journalist and culturologist. for our free weekly newsletter covering News and Business. The best of The Moscow Times, delivered to your inbox. Read more about: Putin.