NEWSLINK: Putin dissolves state news agency, tightens grip on Russia media
[Putin dissolves state news agency, tightens grip on Russia media – Reuters – Timothy Heritage – December 9 – http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/09/us-russia-media-idUSBRE9B80I120131209] Reuters...
View ArticleThe Kremlin’s Interest in “Local Business”
(Institute of Modern Russia – imrussia.org – Tatiana Stanovaya – February 12, 2014) The question of whether or not the Kremlin will abolish direct mayoral elections in major Russian cities is likely to...
View ArticlePutin Said to Shrink Inner Circle as Hawks Beat Billionaires
(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Henry Meyer, Irina Reznik – January 23, 2015) Vladimir Putin isn’t just angering leaders from Berlin to Washington. He’s irking some of his richest friends, too, by...
View ArticleIs There a Feud Over a New Tsar in the Kremlin?
(Institute of Modern Russia – imrussia.org – Donald N. Jensen – April 1, 2015 – article also appeared at imrussia.org/en/analysis/politics/2217-is-there-a-feud-over-a-new-tsar-in-the-kremlin) Vladimir...
View ArticleSanctions-Strapped Russia Outguns the U.S. in Information War; Moscow drowns...
(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Nicole Gaouette – April 2, 2015) The troubled U.S. agency responsible for delivering news around the world is being outgunned in Eastern Europe by Russian outlets...
View ArticleRussia launches new version of president’s website
MOSCOW. April 8 (Interfax) – A new version of the Russian president’s website launched on Wednesday took a year to develop within the current budget, no extra funds were allocated, the Kremlin said....
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: Rep. Ed Royce/Wall Street Journal: Countering Putin’s Information...
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Rep. Ed Royce, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, addresses what he characterizes as a Russian information war, featuring anti-American propaganda and...
View ArticleInterfax: Book on Kremlin history since 12th century brought out in Russia
(Interfax – June 2, 2015) A book, titled ‘Moscow Kremlin. Monuments and Shrines’ was presented in Moscow on June 2. The author, spokesman for the Federal Security Guard Service Sergei Devyatov, said...
View ArticlePutin Said Ready to Revamp Inner Circle as Ally Yakunin Goes
(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Irina Reznik, Ilya Arkhipov, Olga Tanas – August 18, 2015) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ready to start replacing long-serving allies in his inner circle after the...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “Rival Kremlin camps prepare for battle over economy”– Reuters
Rival camps inside … Putin’s entourage are preparing to do battle … over whether the Russian state should keep its role as custodian of the economy. … the Kremlin presents a united front, especially in...
View ArticleHybrid Business — The Risks In The Kremlin’s Weaponization Of The Economy
(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Commentary: Mark Galeotti, Anna Arutunyan – July 20, 2016) Mark Galeotti is a senior research fellow at the Institute of International Relations Prague and director of the...
View ArticleRussian Communications Expert Says Kremlin Is Hacker-Proof
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – November 21, 2016) The Kremlin’s vital information systems are impervious to hacking, according to Sergei Plugotarenko, director of the Russian Association for...
View ArticleKremlin announces new personnel decisions in connection with election of...
MOSCOW. Nov 28 (Interfax) – More personnel decisions will be made in connection with the election of officials as corresponding members and academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “Power brokers in the Kremlin jostle to succeed Putin; President’s...
“More than 17 years after … Putin became president, the authoritarian system he built is showing signs of internal corrosion. … Navalny’s ambitions are not expected to undo … Putin’s re-election bid....
View ArticlePutin’s Subordinates have More Freedom of Action Now than Before 2014,...
(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, April 16, 2017) Vladimir Putin still retains the power to decide what issues to delegate to subordinates and what to retain under his personal control,...
View ArticleRussian Police Probe Radical Pro-Kremlin Group Over Navalny Attack
(RFE/RL– rferl.org – May 5, 2017) The leader of a radical pro-Kremlin group says police plan to question him and his colleagues over an attack on Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny that has...
View ArticleRussian Youth aren’t the Revolutionaries the Kremlin Fears or the Opposition...
(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, June 22, 2017) Given the large number of young people taking part in the March 26 and June 12 demonstrations, many in the Kremlin have expressed concern and...
View ArticleJury Deliberating For Second Day In Case Of Accused Nemtsov Killers
(Article ©2017 RFE/RL, Inc., Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – rferl.org – June 28, 2017 – also appeared at rferl.org/a/russia-chechnya-nemtsov-murder-trial/28583189.html) The jury in the trial of five...
View ArticleVIDEO NEWSWATCH: “Inside Russia’s propaganda machine”– PBS Newshour
(PBS Newshour – July 11, 2017 – also appeared at pbs.org/newshour/bb/inside-russias-propaganda-machine/) “For years, the Kremlin and the media it controls have waged a multifaceted information (and...
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