Soft power as a threat to a hard power
2012 was fruitful for Russian legislators and painful for the NGOs. That year marked the series of laws threatening the fragile civil society in...
Food power
Last March, as Russia annexed Crimea, the European Union, Canada and the United States imposed sanctions – travel bans and asset freezes against some...
SPIEF 2015: Tendencies and expectations
This week the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, the biggest event in business life of Russia and its investors will take place. It is...
Football, money and politics
Several days before the FIFA’s presidential elections, one of the biggest corruption scandals in the history of the organization has burst out. ...
Ideology of the Winner
The celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in Russia were in top headlines last week. Grand events, commemoration ceremonies,...
The Elders and Russia’s role in international affairs
Six members of the Elders Group, led by Kofi Annan, took a three-day trip to Moscow to hold a series of private meetings with...