Five Rules for Living Through and Looking Beyond the Putin Stagnation
(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, June 20, 2016) Those who lived through the Brezhnev stagnation, commentator Dmitry Gubin says, know that “when the chances for change for the better don’t...
View ArticleTRANSCRIPT: [Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Men, Alexander Novak, Nikolai Nikiforov,...
(kremlin.ru – February 1, 2017) Vladimir Putin met with Government members to discuss possibilities for further developing treasury monitoring of budget spending, the situation with co-funded housing...
View ArticlePutin Orders Demolition of Moscow’s Iconic Post-War Apartment Blocks
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Katie Davies – February 21, 2017) Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the complete demolition of Moscow’s post-war Khrushchevkas: Soviet housing blocks...
View ArticleTRANSCRIPT: [Putin] Meeting with CEO of Sberbank German Gref
(Kremlin.ru – February 23, 2017) Sberbank CEO and Chairman of the Board German Gref briefed Vladimir Putin on the bank’s 2016 performance results and its current activities, including the prospects for...
View ArticleThousands Protest In Moscow Against Plan To Raze Soviet-Era Housing
(RFE/RL – Tom Balmforth – May 14, 2017 – ©2017 RFE/RL, Inc. Article also appeared at rferl.org/a/russia-moscow-protests-demolition-krushchev-era-housing/28487244.html) MOSCOW — Thousands of people have...
View ArticleMuscovites Hesitant to Protest Housing Demolition Scheme, Poll Finds
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – July 24, 2017) Only one-third of Muscovites who voted against a controversial housing demolition program would participate in protests against the scheme, according...
View ArticleMoscow’s Facelift as Modernization
(Kennan Institute – wilsoncenter.org/program/kennan-institute – MAXIM TRUDOLYUBOV – July 27, 2017) Maxim Trudolyubov, Senior Fellow with the Kennan Institute and editor-at-large with Vedomosti, has...
View ArticleMoscow’s Makeover Swaps Soviet Grit for Urban Sparkle; Smart city apps,...
(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Valerie Stivers – August 10, 2017) [Text with photos bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-08-10/moscow-s-makeover-swaps-soviet-grit-for-urban-sparkle] Moscow felt medieval when...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Waking the Russian Spirit of Urbanism; Urban renewal could...
“… They’ve looked around and realized that Russian cities are not nearly as beautiful as they could be, and in addition to amusement park rides and shish kebab stands, they can build skate parks and...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Almost half of Ukrainians against land, pension reforms,...
KYIV. July 10 (Interfax) – Almost every second (49%) Ukrainian respondent is opposed to the land reform, or rather the cancellation of the existing moratorium on the sales of rural land, and does not...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK TRANSCRIPT: “[Putin at] Moscow Urban Forum Megacity of the Future:...
(Kremlin.ru – July 18, 2018 – en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/58026) Vladimir Putin spoke at the 8th Moscow Urban Forum Megacity of the Future: New Space for Living, held in Moscow’s...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Stalin’s Soaring Moscow Towers Sorely Need Body Work”– New...
“… Most of [Moscow’s] so-called ‘Stalin high-rises’ – both residential and government buildings – desperately need renovating. … stuck in limbo … over who will foot the substantial bill. Since the...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Russia Disbands the Concept of ‘Dacha'”– Moscow Times
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Jan. 3, 2019) The New Year has ushered in a slew of new laws in Russia, including one that disappears the very concept of country cottages, known as dachas, where...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “The evictors For the past five years, loan sharks have forced...
“In Moscow and [environs] … ‘black creditors’ – microfinance institutions (MFOs) … deceive [debtors] and seize … homes. Meduza … [found ] almost 500 apartments lost … over the past five years without...
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