... culture autocracy democracy communism Crimea Ukraine NATO Boris Yeltsin Boris Nemtsov Dmitry Medvedev 251 Vladimir Putin has ruled Russia for so long that it s hard to imagine Russia without him. He has been Russia s central decision maker as president or prime minister for nearly two...

... reserved. 2015 The Regents of the University of California Mark Kramer Russia Russian Baltic Lithuania Latvia Estonia Poland Crimean Putin eastern security Nato EU strategy eagle guardian grybauskaite Georgian border exercise military reset Obama belligerent medvedev...

...Daniel Treisman Putin's efforts to reassert his leadership have created new problems while merely sweeping old ones under the rug. © 2013 Current History. All rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California Russia Vladimir Putin Alexei Navalny Dmitri Medvedev...

...Timothy J. Colton To embrace curbs on his own power, Putin would need to act as much out of character as Medvedev would need to act against instinct in order to confront his benefactor. © 2011 Current History. All rights reserved. 2011 The Regents of the University of California Timothy...

... of California Lilia Shevtsova Russia Vladimir Putin Dmitri Medvedev Vladislav Surkov liberalization modernization Siloviki corruption Levada Center 275 Russia is experiencing a dramatic moment in its history. The deadly wildfires and tox-ic smog that spread across the country this summer...

... Kurmanbek Bakiyev Russia Manas Transit Center Uzbekistan Askar Akayev Tulip Revolution Dmitri Medvedev Karshi-Khanabad 301 Intensified geopolitical competition . . . could further destabilize the country and change it from a collapsing state into a bona fide failed state. Kyrgyzstan...