Kremlinology 2012
List of Kremlinology 2012 articles
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ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images Putin and the Boo-boys
A new wave of anti-Putin sentiment is sweeping Russia, but with the once-and-future president still loved by more than two-thirds of the population, there's little hope for change.
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AFP PHOTO / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA Meet the New Putin, Same as the Old Putin
As the de facto president seeks to reassure foreign investors, it's clear that everyone's a little on edge.
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DMITRY ASTAKHOV/AFP/Getty Images Twilight of a Seat-Warmer
Medvedev's worst week ever just keeps on going.
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YANA LAPIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images Disaster Politics
The real story behind Putin's return to the throne: Russia is headed for economic catastrophe, and nothing he does can stop it.
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NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images The Return of the King
It's official: Vladimir Putin is Russia's once and future president. So how come we're surprised all over again?
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IVAN SEKRETAREV/AFP/Getty Images The Kremlin’s Spin Machine … and Me
My adventures on Russia's first televised political debate in a decade.
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ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images She’s Number 3!
After a shady city council election, St. Petersburg's deeply unpopular governor appears poised to become the third-most powerful politician in Russia. How on earth did this happen?
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DMITRY KOSTYUKOV/AFP/Getty Images Surreal Politik
Russia enters its political silly season a little early. But what do all the bikini babes and music video hymns to Putin really tell us about a system gone horribly, horribly wrong?
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Alexey SAZONOV/AFP/Getty Images Opposing the Opposition
As the billionaire New Jersey Nets owner steps into his new role as Kremlin-approved opposition leader, what do voters actually think?
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DMITRY ASTAKHOV/AFP/Getty Images Empty Words
When are Westerners going to learn that reform talk is cheap in the Kremlin?
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VLADIMIR RODIONOV/AFP/Getty Images Road Rage in Russia
Moscow's elite has decided it doesn't need to follow the traffic laws. Will there be a pedestrian revolution?
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DMITRY ASTAKHOV/AFP/Getty Images All Tomorrow’s Parties
When one fake opposition party stops effectively distracting the Russian people, what's the Kremlin to do? Give them a new one, of course.
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MIKHAIL METZEL/AFP/Getty Images Putin’s Puppets
How do you win a Russian election? First, invent a coalition.
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MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/AFP/Getty Images The Countdown Begins …
But no one knows where it's going to end. A skeptic's look at the 2012 Russian election.
