Putinology
List of Putinology articles
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DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images A Russian Dissident Tries to Build Bridges to Ukraine
Ex-prisoner Mikhail Khodorkovsky visited Kiev this week. But are Ukrainians ready to trust a prominent Russian -- even if he is Putin's foe?
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BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images The Maidan’s Fighters Stand Their Ground
The nationalist militias of Kiev are ready for a fight with Russia.
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38088_zamosk_arrests_0.jpg Kiev Envy
Pro-democracy protesters in Kiev are triumphant. In Moscow they're still taking it on the chin.
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MICHAIL KLIMENTIEV/AFP/Getty Images Patriotism and the Olympics
Why taking the wrong stand on the Olympics can get you accused of being a traitor to the nation.
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Mikhail Mordasov The Sochi That We’ve Lost
Most visitors to the Winter Olympics will only see the giant stadiums and overpriced hotels. But some Russians are mourning the lost paradise of childhood.
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Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images Sochi’s Bitter Medicine
Why the controversy around the Sochi Olympics could turn out to be a good thing for Russia.
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ELENA FITKULINA/AFP/Getty Images ‘The Terrorist We’d Like To Forget’
Why the past is not popular in today's Chechnya.
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Astrid Riecken/Getty Images Wooing Russia’s Twitterati
How the U.S. ambassador in Moscow is using social media to get his message out.
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Getty Images Europe Putin’s Mediterranean Move
The race is on to exploit off-shore energy around Israel, Syria, Lebanon, and Cyprus -- and Moscow is crashing the party.
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TATYANA MAKEYEVA/AFP/Getty Images Putin’s Knack for Surprise
Behind Putin's sudden release of former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images Heroes of the Maidan
An on-the-ground look at Ukraine's continuing anti-government protests.
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JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images The Ukrainian President’s Big Broken Promise
Why the Ukrainian leader's decision to backtrack on Europe could cost him his political career.
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OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/Getty Images In Russia, the Price of Dissent Keeps Rising
Russia's activists are battered and demoralized. But not everyone has given up.
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Brendan Hoffman/Prime Collective /for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting The People of the Pit
The peculiar tale of the Russian town that draws its livelihood from a carcinogenic mineral.
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Anna Nemtsova Maksim’s Warriors
How one of Russia's young ultranationalists sees the world.
