ON MY MIND Viktor Zolotov is finally getting what he wanted. And that’s a very bad sign. For years, Vladimir Putin’s longtime friend, judo sparring partner, and former bodyguard has been the Kremlin leader’s boogeyman. Even among Russia’s siloviki, Zolotov is viewed as a fierce Putin loyalist who is more interested in protecting his pal […]
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook page. A transcript of today’s Daily Vertical can be found here.
Thoughts on the Panama Papers, the nature of corruption in Russia vs. the West, Russian military spending, The Kim Philby Files, South Ossetia, and the Dutch Referendum
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook page.
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook page.
ON MY MIND The contrast between Moscow and Reykjavik is revealing. Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson is facing calls for snap elections in response to revelations about him in the recently published Panama Papers. Call me crazy, but I don’t expect anything similar in Russia. But the fact that there is accountability in Iceland […]
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook page. A transcript of today’s Daily Vertical can be found here.
ON MY MIND So another report has come out about corruption in Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. Truth told, they’re all beginning to blur into each other. It’s almost become a ritual. The “shocking” report. The attention-grabbing headlines. (The Property Manager And Putin’s Friends.) The Kremlin’s denunciation of an information war by the West. And then? […]
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook page. A transcript of today’s Daily Vertical can be found here.
ON MY MIND With all the false equivalencies out there about who is violating the Minsk agreements, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond’s remarks this week were a welcome breath of fresh air. Speaking in Georgia, Hammond didn’t mince words. If Russia wants sanctions lifted, it needs to fulfill its obligations under Minsk. Period. And while […]
