
Opinion

Q&A
Dmitri Trenin explains how misguided perceptions in the U.S., Russia can lead to a new conflict
Analysis

The Dutch election: Relief for Europe — disappointment for the Kremlin?
Russian Media
Moscow raises eyebrows over Trump's pick for Russia ambassador
Russian opposition activist released from jail, PM accused of corruption
Russia's UN envoy, Munich and Putin's decree on Donbas passports
Reviews

Top 10 books on Russia in 2016

Another regional reshuffle by the Kremlin — before the 2018 elections
The February gubernatorial reshuffle should be seen as little more than a publicity move by Deputy Chief of the Presidential Administration Sergey Kiriyenko and his team

Three years after Russia retook Crimea, are the locals really satisfied?
Russia’s third celebration of Crimea's takeover got the media attention once again, with some experts warning that the euphoria over Crimea might end sooner and later

The democratic Russia we lost
It would be erroneous to think that appetite for democracy in Russia will inevitably come in the course of time – it will come only if its citizens feel that their voices do matter. This is the lesson modern Russia should learn from the historic phenomenon of democracies in medieval Novgorod and Pskov

Libya to test the Kremlin's readiness to cooperate with the West
Russia is reported to have deployed its special forces on the Libyan borders — a move that might lead to both confrontation and collaboration with the West