February 29, 2020

Putin fires his 'Rasputin,' Vladislav Surkov. What now?

In Russia, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree last week dismissing Vladislav Surkov as his adviser. Given the power he wielded, and his improbable rise, this news has become one of the most talked-about things in Russia.  It...

February 15, 2020

The new Russian geopolitics

Recent domestic political changes in Russia, including the process of amending the Constitution, have become the subject of close attention.  Most experts believe that Putin's main goal is to formulate new political structure to preserv...

January 23, 2020

What is Putin Thinking?

The new political season in Russia began with serious transformations of the internal political configuration. President Vladimir Putin announced the preparation of constitutional amendments. After that, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev declared the di...

December 12, 2019

Why are Democrats against the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis?

The meeting of the leaders of the Normandy Four countries in Paris became one of the most important foreign policy events of this year.  As a result of lengthy and rather nervous negotiations, the presidents of Russia, Ukraine, and France, ...

December 2, 2019

The Real Code of Putinism

Today's Russia is in the most critical stage of its ideological design.  Its beginning was laid in the article by Vladislav Surkov (aide to the Russian president) under the symbolic title "Long-lasting state of Putin."  The pi...

November 9, 2019

Trump's Triumph: On the Way to a Second Westphalia?

Elimination of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the ISIS terrorist organization, was a bright victory for Donald Trump's presidential administration. However, the implications extend far beyond eliminating the number one Middle East terrorist....

October 5, 2019

Putin and Trump: Two Contrasting Conservatisms

Having arisen as a response to negative consequences of the French Revolution of 1789, conservatism has reappeared as a means of gaining ideological and value consolidation in the ideological chaos of the modern world. In these days of our lives...

August 16, 2019

Putinism: Why a New Revolution Is Impossible in Russia

Various rallies took place in Moscow last month.  They are actively discussed in leading mass media around the world.  For representatives of the authorities, these demonstrations are illegal, since no special permits for their co...

June 28, 2019

What Kind of State Is Vladimir Putin Building?

Recently, a Russian newspaper published an article by Vladislav Surkov, an advisor to the President of Russia. The piece was entitled “The long-lasting state of Putin.” In it, the Kremlin’s grey eminence explained the country’...

April 4, 2019

Putinism and Jacksonianism

Recently, there has been an interesting trend of high-ranking Russian politicians writing articles of an ideological nature in which they attempt to analyze the metaphysical meaning of global political processes and find a place for Moscow in a chang...

October 8, 2017

A Century Later, Russia Still Is Fighting Its Revolution

In Russia, October 25 is the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution, as a result of which the monarchical dynasty of the Romanovs was overthrown and the socialist-communist power of the Bolsheviks was established. Despite the fact that it happen...

May 1, 2017

Why does Turkey want to join the Eurasian Union?

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu states that Ankara and Moscow have come to an agreement on the purchase of the Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile defense system. A number of Russian experts close to the Kremlin note that reaching agreemen...

January 22, 2017

Why Trump Should Recognize the Armenian Genocide

This past week, a report on how Donald Trump's administration should build a political dialogue with Turkey was published at the website of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.  The authors of this work are James F. Jeffrey, the fo...

December 15, 2016

Why do Russians trust Putin?

Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase in the popularity rating of President Vladimir Putin among Russians. According to Levada-Сenter -- one of the leading sociological organizations in Moscow -- Putin's approval rate rea...