Putin Signs Law Criminalizing ProtestLily Chamberlain
and the Soviet Union, in December 2019 Putin remarked, “Today, we have a situation that is unique in modern history: they’re trying to catch up to us.” In January 2020 Putin announced his intention to modify the Russian constitution in a way that would scrap term limits for presidents...
Twenty-five years after the breakup of the Soviet Union, they crave the stability that the nationalist president represents.
Oleg Kryuchkov, an adviser to Crimea's governor, said there was enough fuel and food on the peninsula, and all logistics plans had been worked out. Interfax-Ukraine news agency cited a source in Ukraine's law enforcement age...
For context: Under Ukraine's constitution, the country cannot hold elections while under martial law, which has been in effect since Russia's invasion in 2022. The country had been due to go to the polls last year, but it's not unusual for nations to delay election during a t...
We mentioned a little earlier about a meeting of Europe's foreign ministers discussing Ukraine today in Luxembourg. Speaking as she arrived at the meeting, Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief, said ministers had to put "maximum pressure...
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"Today's China-Russia relations are mature, stable and solid, and can withstand the test of any international storm," Xi told Putin. The two sides firmly support each other on issues related to each other's core interests, safeguard the common interests of both countries, cooperate and coordi...
The law, published on Russia's legal information website, became effective immediately. The Russian State Duma, the lower chamber of parliament, passed the bill submitted by Putin on June 18 and the Federation Council, the upper chamber, endorsed it on June 26. ...
Today’s guest post is from Marina Zaloznaya, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Iowa and author of, The Politics of Bureaucratic Corruption in Post-Transitional Eastern Europe: Russia and corruption have been dominating the news recently – with the reporting from Washington and...