for undergraduate studies under a government scholarship. The 49-year-old didn’t immediately make it into the elite administrative service — known as a breeding ground for future leaders — though he was accepted later after working as a civil servant, according to people familiar with the ...
Valerie Hopkins and Anatoly Kurmanaev – The New York Times Valery Volodin, a welder at a sprawling Volkswagen plant in western Russia, relaxed for most of the summer at his dacha, or weekend house, planting his garden and looking after his children. Mr. Volodin, 41, had little choice: Th...
Valerie Hopkins and Anatoly Kurmanaev – The New York Times Valery Volodin, a welder at a sprawling Volkswagen plant in western Russia, relaxed for most of the summer at his dacha, or weekend house, planting his garden and looking after his children. Mr. Volodin, 41, had little choice: Th...