Putin's RussiaAlexei NavalnyEU, Russia & China
  • Putin's Russia: Stability and stagnation
    Insight by Charles Grant, 02 August 2013
    Putin's Russia: Stability and stagnation
  • Navalny's sentence will influence the Russian economy
    Opinion piece 19 July 2013
    Navalny's sentence will influence the Russian economy
  • The EU, Russia and China
    Review article by Charles Grant, 15 March 2013
    The EU, Russia and China
  • Belarus: An artful balancing act
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    International Herald Tribune, 23 February 2009

    Compared with most former Soviet states, Belarus has a lot going for it. The government is less corrupt than in neighboring Russia and Ukraine. Belarus has no oligarchs, since the state never sold its big companies, and social inequalities are low.
  • Russia's crisis - what it means for regime stability and Moscow's relations with the world
    Policy brief by Bobo Lo, 19 February 2009

    The global financial crisis has had a tremendous impact on Russia. Its much-vaunted resurgence has hit the buffers, and the mood in Moscow is one of mounting anxiety.

  • A thaw between Russia and the West?
    Insight by Charles Grant, 13 February 2009

    After several years of chilly relations between Moscow and western capitals, a little warmth is detectable. At both the Davos Word Economic Forum in January, and the Munich Security Conference in February, the Russians’ exchanges with Americans and Europeans were fairly polite.
  • Georgia, Ukraine and energy security
    Bulletin article by Dieter Helm, 02 February 2009

    In January 2006 Russia interrupted gas supplies to Ukraine and triggered a short, sharp shock to Europe in its ever-growing dependency on Russian gas.

  • After the gas conflict
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 23 January 2009

    On January 20th, Russian gas started flowing again through Ukraine, after a two-week shut-down that had left people in South East Europe freezing and factories idle. The relief across Europe was palpable but the confusion about what happened is still there.
  • Just another gas crisis?
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 07 January 2009

    Russia has cut off the gas flowing to and through Ukraine – again. Like in January 2006, Moscow and Kyiv are blaming each other, while a convoluted mix of political intrigues, shady middlemen and broken contracts makes it almost impossible for outsiders to ascertain which side is at fault.
  • Pipe down, price up
    Opinion piece by Tomas Valasek
    The Guardian, 06 January 2009

    The Russian-Ukrainian gas dispute is turning from a bilateral spat into a regional crisis. EU countries that share a border with Ukraine have reported dramatic drops in the volume of gas deliveries.
  • Unilateral Germany threatens to weaken Europe
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Financial Times, 05 December 2008

    In Brussels, Paris, Washington and other capitals, one increasingly hears the same complaint: Germany is acting unilaterally. On a broad range of issues, the Germans seem to think the European Union no longer advances their interests and are more prone to go their own way.