The economy is a key battleground among Putin’s deputies jockeying for position ahead of 2024.

Presidential aide and “eminence grise” Vladislav Surkov recently added to the ongoing debate about Putinism as an ideology and a political doctrine...

Kremlin's monopolization of AI could have major political consequences in Russia.

The subject of optimism and the future epitomizes the problem of the gap between the modernization agenda and public sentiment.

With support for the Kremlin waning, repression is all it has left.

A clutch of middlemen is helping Putin decide how he will govern his final term.

No technocrat will be able to form an efficient team from people who have fundamentally different ideas of what the economy actually is.

The nighttime rulers of the regime are quietly challenging Putin’s role.

Are the president’s whereabouts a state secret? Yes and no.

The second wave of economic crisis is battering the Russian economy. In order to replenish dwindling resources, the government is planning a rummage sale...