Vladimir Ryzhkov

Opinion 9 months ago

Usual Suspects Gobble Up Russia's Budget Pie

Usual Suspects Gobble Up Russia's Budget Pie

Opinion 9 months ago

Adverse changes on the world scene, the loss of energy markets, the decline in oil prices, Western sanctions, a lack of domestic reforms, capital flight and diminishing investment have turned this into ...

Opinion 9 months ago

Syrian Adventure Will Cost Russians Dearly

Syrian Adventure Will Cost Russians Dearly

Opinion 9 months ago

"Has the country run out of poor people?" is a fitting question to today's Russian leaders who, not having ended the geopolitical and military conflict in eastern Ukraine, have unhesitatingly thrown the ...

Opinion 10 months ago

Attitude to Stalin Reveals Russia's Considerable Divide

Attitude to Stalin Reveals Russia's Considerable Divide

Opinion 10 months ago

It is ironic that the monument to the victims of Stalin's terror — which the country has been waiting for since the former Soviet dictator died on March 5, 1953 — will ...

Opinion 10 months ago

Electoral Changes Make Duma Less Legitimate

Electoral Changes Make Duma Less Legitimate

Opinion 10 months ago

Electoral law is the most unstable area of Russian legislation.

Opinion 11 months ago

Putin Has Russians' Loyalty, But for How Long?

Putin Has Russians' Loyalty, But for How Long?

Opinion 11 months ago

President Vladimir Putin has built up huge reserves of popular support during his 15 years in power.

Opinion 11 months ago

Direct Elections Won’t Help Russia’s Opposition

Direct Elections Won’t Help Russia’s Opposition

Opinion 11 months ago

One of the few things the mass protests in the winter of 2011-12 achieved was the return of direct elections for State Duma deputies representing single-member districts.

Opinion 1 year ago

Gaidar's Departure Is a Sad Sign of the Times

Gaidar's Departure Is a Sad Sign of the Times

Opinion 1 year ago

Maria Gaidar's decision to go to Ukraine to serve as vice governor of the Odessa region under former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and to take on Ukrainian citizenship in addition to her ...

Opinion 1 year ago

Pivot East Won't Solve Russia's Problems (Op-Ed)

Pivot East Won't Solve Russia's Problems (Op-Ed)

Opinion 1 year ago

Simply moving business to the East or South cannot provide Russia with the modernized financial resources it needs, writes columnist Vladimir Ryzhkov.

Opinion 1 year ago

Yerevan Shows Fragility of Post-Soviet Regimes

Yerevan Shows Fragility of Post-Soviet Regimes

Opinion 1 year ago

Armenia is Russia's main ally in the Caucasus and, at the same time, one of the poorest countries of the world.

Opinion 1 year ago

Russian Orthodox Church Facing Ukraine Split

Russian Orthodox Church Facing Ukraine Split

Opinion 1 year ago

President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said that he considers Russians and Ukrainians "a single people." He justified annexing Crimea and providing military and political support to the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people's ...

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