Works
News & Analysis
Russia’s socio-political landscape
A segment of the Russian elite led by elements of the former KGB are striving to make Russia great again and to avenge the humiliation heaped by the US during Boris Yeltsin’s disastrous rule.
News & Analysis
Subtleties of Russia's Soft-Power
There is limited appeal of Russia’s soft power for others but Moscow’s objectives are modest, hence its policy is satisfactory to the ruling elite.
World
Lenin gets his annual bath of chemicals
Even the strongest deoderant on the market cannot do the job at hand. That stuff is far too mild for what is required. To overcome the smell of a decomposing body 73 years after the person’s death is a feat indeed.