When we try to understand why Russia, after the turbulent democratization of the late 1980s and early 1990s, arrived where it is now, we usually look for the answer in politics: weak institutions, the 1993 Constitution, presidential power, oil, wars, the security services, Putin. All of that matters. But with this perspective, we miss something no less, and perhaps even more, significant — institutional inertia.

#Analytics #army #archaizationofsociety #ideology #institutionalreforms #KGBoftheUSSR #management #education #aftertheUSSR #Putin #Russia #specialservices #church #school #essay

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A resident of Nizhnevartovsk in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug was fined 30,000 rubles twice in one day: for posting a photo of a ballot paper with an anti-war inscription and for a comment about Putin under the same post. If the rulings enter into legal force and within a year the man is again held liable for a similar offense, he will face criminal liability.

#instagram #tiktok #Nizhnevartovsk #Putin #KhantyMansiAutonomousOkrug #CenterE

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Donald Trump said on Truth Social that after a phone conversation with Vladimir Putin he agreed to the immediate start of diesel fuel supplies from Russia to the United States and global markets. According to him, Russia will immediately send more than 300,000 tons, then 500,000 tons in November, and another 1 million tons later.

#reuters #USTreasuryDepartment #Putin #Russia #USA #Trump

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Vladimir Putin signed an order that allows the Italian group UniCredit to reorganize the Russian UniCredit Bank and sell 100% of its shares. The document was published on the legal information portal.

#UniCredit #AlfaGroup #ObedinennyeArabskieEmir #Putin #Raiffeisenbank #UniCreditBank

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Vladimir Putin, at the plenary session of the Valdai Club, said that the introduction of external administration in the Russian assets of Auchan, Nestlé, and Metro is connected with preparations for a response to the seizure of Russian assets in Europe. He called such an assessment a lie and a provocation.

#metro #nestlé #Auchan #Gazprom #Lukoil #Putin

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On October 1, Vladimir Putin spoke at the plenary session of the XXIII annual meeting of the Valdai Club. At the opening of the session, moderator Fyodor Lukyanov said that the club’s annual report is called «No Panic», and Putin replied that the pressing problems have not gone away.

#reuters #Valdai #KaliningradOblast #NATO #Putin #Ukraine

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On Tuesday, Vladimir Putin signed a decree on state awards for employees of Channel One: more than 50 people received orders and medals. Since the beginning of September, the number of awarded channel employees has reached 106.

#stateawards #DmitrySaims #EkaterinaBerezovskaja #ChannelOne #Putin

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On Monday, the book by American journalist Evan Gershkovich, This Cursed Beautiful Land, appeared in U.S. bookstores. In it, the former Moscow correspondent for The Wall Street Journal рассказывает how, as a result of a provocation, he ended up as a hostage of the FSB, was sentenced to 16 years on espionage charges, and was released only thanks to an international prisoner exchange. The circumstances of this story are strikingly reminiscent of a Russian-American spy scandal from 40 years ago, which was resolved thanks to the intervention of Gorbachev and Reagan.

#documentaryprose #journalists #historyoftheSovietspecialservices #KGBoftheUSSR #Putin #repressions #Russia #securityforces #USA #FSB #cia #EvanGershkovich

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In St. Petersburg on September 25, residents complained about disruptions to mobile internet service on the day Russian President Vladimir Putin was due to arrive in the city. According to Downdetector, the number of complaints after 15:00 approached 300.

#CityParkingManagementCenter #mobileInternet #Putin #StPetersburg

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Today, one can observe increasing activity of Russian special operations in Europe and expect it to intensify, since Ukrainian resistance relies primarily on European aid. The Kremlin is looking for ways to undermine this alliance no less than for military victories.

#Analytics #droneextermination #WarinUkraine #Germany #hybridwar #sabotage #europe #EuropeanUnion #KseniaFedorova #aftertheUSSR #propaganda #Putin #Russia #specialservices #ultraright #France

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According to Verstka, four companies linked to Vladimir Putin’s classmate Ilgam Ragimov received all tenders for supplying food to Moscow schools for 2026–2028. The total value of the contracts amounted to 126.7 billion rubles.

#GrandTitle #YevgenyPrigogine #IlgamRahimov #Moscowschools #Putin

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The USA invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit, which will take place on December 14–15 in Miami. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called this a good opportunity for Putin to make contact not only with U.S. President Donald Trump, but also with other world leaders.

#g20 #APEC #DonaldTrump #China #Putin #Ukraine

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U.S. President Donald Trump signed the law on «hellish sanctions» against Russia on Friday, September 18. The law also took effect on that date. But are these sanctions really so terrible? Or is this just another declaration of intent without an effective enforcement mechanism?

#Analytics #WarinUkraine #Putin #Russia #sanctions #USA #shadowfleet #Trump #finance

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On September 21, Vladimir Putin transferred 100% of the shares in LLC «Aptar Vladimir», owned by the French Aptar Europe Holding, to temporary management. JSC «H&N», headed by Yakub Zakriev, has been appointed to manage the plant.

#Aptar #danone #business #Vladimir #Kadyrov #Kadyrovsclan #nationalization #Putin #Rosimushchestvo #France #Chechnya #HN

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According to ancient chronicles, on September 21, 862, representatives of the tribes of the Slovenians, Krivichs, Chuds, and others (that is, not only Slavs, but also Finno-Ugric peoples), living in the northwestern part of modern Russia, invited three brothers to rule: Rurik, Sineus, and Truvor. The khans were told: «Our land is generous and rich, but there is no order in it. Come and rule us!» The date, of course, is approximate. But in the end it was accepted as the starting point for the foundation of Russian statehood, and over time Rurik’s name came to be revered as the founder of this state. And this continued until the 18th century.

#Vikings #WarinUkraine #Romanovdynasty #Rurikdynasty #AncientRus #historicalmyths #Russianhistory #Lomonosov #medina #Normantheory #Putin #SlavophilesversusWesternizers #Stalin

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Vladimir Putin signed a decree transferring the Russian assets of Auchan, Nestle, and Lemana PRO (formerly Leroy Merlin) to temporary management by L.E.V. Management. The same document also included three FM Logistic companies, eight Batilogistic legal entities, and Enzhe Stroy from the NG Concept group.

#auchan #nestlé #LehmanPRO #MinistryofInternalAffairsofRussia #Putin

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Bloomberg writes that Vladimir Putin has demanded that Russian security services ramp up hybrid aggression in European countries supporting Ukraine. European officials and counterintelligence officers cited by the agency fear that sabotage is becoming more frequent and reckless, and that civilian casualties are only a matter of time.

#bloomberg #Germany #NATO #Putin #Russia #Ukraine

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Vladimir Putin signed a decree establishing an interagency commission that will apply temporary restrictive measures to Russians who left the country and were convicted in absentia under political articles. The document was published on September 7 on the legal information portal; the commission will be headed by Justice Minister Konstantin Chuychenko.

#ProsecutorGeneralsOffice #publicservices #MinistryofInternalAffairsoftheRussianFederation #ministryofjustice #Putin #repressions #Russianemigration #FSB

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin the title of Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation. The decree was published on September 5.

#HeroofLabor #MoscowCityDuma #MoscowCityElectionCommission #Moscow #Putin #Sobyanin

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