Economics

A clear-eyed assessment of the Russian economy under the weight of war and sanctions: the pressures building beneath the surface, the cost borne by ordinary people, and the ways the system adapts—and what it all means for Russia's future and for markets far beyond its borders

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Civil Society

Russia has fundamentally changed after 2014

Alexandr Morozov on Putin’s Succession, Sanctions, and the Opposition

Article by Alexander Morozov Apr 21, 2018
Economics

Putin’s 4 percent: How criminal kingpins with Kremlin connections launder oil money in Monaco

The Insider’s investigation into Petersburg Oil Terminal and the Tambovskaya gang

Article by Anastasia Kirilenko Jan 18, 2018
Economics

The Return of the Prodigal Trillion

The August 2017 Sanctions Act and Russian Assets in America

Article by Andrei Piontkovsky Oct 24, 2017
Economics

Corruption Pipeline: The Threat of Nord Stream 2 to EU Security and Democracy

A Free Russia Foundation Paper on the Kremlin’s Subversive Activity in Europe

Report by Ilya Zaslavskiy Oct 16, 2017
Economics

Conclusions from exposing security threats of Nord Stream-2 and post-Soviet corruption in the West

Feedback from presentations in Washington and six European capitals

Article by Ilya Zaslavskiy Aug 22, 2017
Economics

Kremlin has simply no time for Russian regions

Regional Conflicts and Why the Opposition Should Pay More Attention to Them

Article by Alexandra Garmazhapova Mar 31, 2017
Civil Society

Stop funding RT: Better ways to spend the budget money

RT Funding in Russia’s 2017 Federal Budget

Article by Vladimir Milov Dec 21, 2016
Economics

The Tsar and His Business Serfs

Russian Oligarchs and SMEs Did Not Surprise Putin at the Elections

Report by Ilya Zaslavskiy Sep 20, 2016
Civil Society

Corruption A La Russe

Why Russians Tolerate Corruption Despite Navalny’s Revelations

Article by Ksenia Kirillova Apr 11, 2016
Civil Society

Economic Crisis and The Protests

A Prolonged Recession Could Turn Sporadic Protests into a Political Crisis

Article by Maria Snegovaya Mar 29, 2016

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