Vladislav Surkov

Putin, ask yourself: Where did Medvedev get such chutzpah?

Simon Shuster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elections, Politics, Vladislav Surkov, Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, Russia, Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Betrayal, World News
Simon Shuster

In the fall of 2007, when Vladimir Putin was choosing his stand-in for the Russian presidency, my editor at The Moscow Times got the idea to profile e...

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The Kremlin Continues Shaping a Group-Think Generation

Simon Shuster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nationalism, Politics, Konstantin Rykov, Russia, Vasily Yakimenko, Vladimir Putin, Nashi, Modernization, Vladislav Surkov, Indoctrination, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Seliger, World News
Simon Shuster

Even the cynics might have felt a sputter of optimism when the Kremlin youth group Nashi, Vladimir Putin's militant pep squad, announced its plans for this year's doctrinal summer camp at lake Seliger.

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Putin's Big Lie About Khodorkovsky

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Russia, Law, Sergei Magnitsky, Vladislav Surkov, Robert Amsterdam, Rule of Law, Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Business, Dmitry Medvedev, Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Blood Libel, World News
Robert Amsterdam

Blood libel is Putin's Big Lie, and it is the ultimate mendacious recourse that the Kremlin falls back upon in times of desperation.

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