I’m not a big fan of analyzing Russian politics via “Kremlin clans”. Estimating their relative power seems to involve mostly tea leaf reading, and in any case the entire exercise is of dubious predictive value. Even the exact compositions and identities of the various clans differ from analyst to analyst! Besides, clans are hardly unique […]
The Anti-Clan Revolution
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile on June 1, 2012 .11 Comments
Visualizing The Kremlin Clans
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was written by Anatoly Karlin, Kevin Rothrock for Da Russophile on January 19, 2011 .10 Comments
Can you tell your siloviki from your civiliki? MVD, FSB or GRU? The breeds of dog underneath those Churchillian carpets? If not, maybe this will help. In August 2010, I translated the introduction to political pundit Vladimir Pribylovsky’s recent book ВЛАСТЬ-2010: 60 биографий (Power in 2010: 60 biographies). The resulting Phantom Tandem, Real Triumvirate and the Kremlin Clan […]
Translation: Russia’s Phantom Tandem, Real Triumvirate and the Kremlin Clan Wars
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was written by Anatoly Karlin for Da Russophile on August 3, 2010 .32 Comments
In the post with A Good Treaty’s interview, the commentator peter recommended this book, ВЛАСТЬ-2010: 60 биографий (Power in 2010: 60 biographies) by Vladimir Pribylovsky, as a “useful primer on who’s who in the Kremlin”. I happen to agree – with many qualifications, which are discussed below – which is why I translated its introductory summary […]
