While it probably saved it from complete economic collapse, privatization has been a mixed bag for Russia. The first wave featured rampant corruption, awarding the most valuable state enterprises to cronies at prices far below actual value. The results...

Anyone casually familiar with Russia is aware of often reported police corruption. Even Russian media occasionally reported on it in the time between the fall of communism and the Putin era. Since Putin came to power, the Russian media has become...

The film is set in 1962 in Sevastopol, Crimea, then a secret Navy Base in the Soviet Union. General Serov hires Viktor, a cadet from the Kremlin Guard to work as his private chauffeur. In a jet-black “ZIM” limo, Viktor is chauffeuring the General’s...

The Tu142 was Russia’s answer to the American B52 that has been in service for 50+ years. Many Tu142’s are nearly as old as their American counterparts. Recently pushed back into service in international patrols as a show of renewed Russian military...

Free speech may still be alive and well in Russia, but it continues to be under assault. Russia’s number one search engine Yandex is the latest media outlet to bow to government pressure to squelch the voice of dissent. With so many most read blog...