Anti-Corruption Clampdown Intensifies in Moscow: Are the Security Services Taking Over from Putin?
This article is republished with the author’s permission. First published by Dancing With Bears
Alexey Kudrin
Russia’s NEW government: Why Vladimir Putin chose to stick with his team
This article first appeared on RussiaFeed
President Putin of Russia met on Friday with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who confirmed to Putin the line up of Russia’s new government.
Russia’s new government – most ministers keep their jobs
Here is the Kremlin’s account of their discussion, which provides a full list of the ministers.
US to impose more sanctions on Russia for ‘supporting Assad’
Two US ambassadors – Nikki Haley, the US’s ambassador to the UN, and John Huntsman, the US’s ambassador to Russia – have confirmed that the US Treasury Department will be unveiling further sanctions on Russia tomorrow in retaliation for Russia’s continued support for President Assad.
The Kudrin plan: cut Russia’s inflation to 2%
One of the big unanswered questions about Russian economic policies which has baffled economic commentators since former Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin was reappointed to an advisory post by Russian President Putin a few months ago was what his plan for the Russian economy would be
It has also been interesting to see how it would differ from what the Russian government is already doing.