Kremlin’s Reply to Anti-Corruption Demonstrations: We Can Deal With It Ourselves
The Kremlin’s answer to accusations of corruption are as follows: Russian civil servants’ income reports are transparent for the Secret Service and that is enough.
Russia Is a Political Hazard Zone
The rift between the elites and the masses in Russia is as real today as it was six or 26 years ago. Neither the annexation of Crimea, nor symbolic gestures aimed at exciting nationalistic pride have been able to bridge it.