Russian Politics

Vladimir Putin goes into battle on a second front — culture; claims West trying to cancel Russian culture

Western elites “canceled” author JK Rowling because she “did not please fans of so-called gender freedoms,” Putin said in his nationally televised remarks, flanked by two Russian flags

Russian protest leader convicted: Charismatic Navalny and his many enemies

"Navalny is a unique politician of the younger generation who managed to become famous and popular at a time when public politics has ceased to exist," said Nikolai Petrov, a professor at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.