Andrei Kolesnikov
Andrei Kolesnikov is a senior associate and the chair of the Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
Andrei Kolesnikov is a senior associate and the chair of the Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
Russia is locked in a battle between official history (the story of the state) and counter-history (the story of civil society and the memories of the people). With the centenary of the October Revolu… read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been purging his closest and longest-serving advisers, replacing an old guard made up of relative equals with a new guard of loyal apparatchiks. A clear pattern ha… read more
Two years ago, Russia’s annexation of Crimea culminated a long process of growing authoritarianism and isolationism under President Vladimir Putin. But even as much of the international community cond… read more
When Vladimir Putin addressed the UN General Assembly on September 28, he sought to grab the world’s attention by upstaging US President Barack Obama with his call for a united front against the Islam… read more
The political theorist Hannah Arendt once wrote that, under totalitarian regimes, the state is the only force that shapes the condition of society. Russia under President Vladimir Putin may not be the… read more
The Western approach to Russia assumes that continued pressure on the country will cause President Vladimir Putin’s regime to make concessions or even crumble. But, as recent opinion polls suggest, s… read more
