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It Pays Too Well to Run a Russian State Company

Huge salaries reflect the companies' bloated role in the economy.

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Putin Has Misjudged Turkey's Erdogan

Turkey's decision to shoot down a Russian warplane sends a message.

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Putin's War on Far Too Many Fronts

Russia is preoccupied with Turkey and Syria, ignoring crises in Crimea and St. Petersburg.

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Putin Doesn't Mind Oil's Fall

The Kremlin lets the ruble slide, and tries to distract Russians from the economic pain.

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Putin Takes Ineffectual Aim at Turkey

Sanctions will hurt ordinary Russians most.

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Putin Looks Homeward, Hates What He Sees

The Russian president's state of the nation address centered on domestic issues, not external expansion

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Putin's Pivot East Isn't Working

It will take too long for China to compensate for lost Western trade and investment.

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Watch What Putin Does to His Top Prosecutor

The fate of Yuri Chaika will show how Russia handles oil's plunge.

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Putin, Up Close and Personal

His annual news conference divides the world into friends and enemies.

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Get Ahead in Russia? Lie About Your Education

The most prominent officials are more likely to have falsified academic credentials.

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Putin's 2015 Foreign Policy Score Card

Russia made some bold gambles this year. How's that working out?

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Putin Makes His Isolationism Official

He perceives threats everywhere but home.

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The German Sage Who Makes Putin Wax Nostalgic

The Russian leader misses the father of 'Ostpolitik' who died last year.

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Putin Looks for Regime Change in Turkey

Don't just listen to what the Russian president says. Watch what he does next.

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Russia's Math Geniuses Work Mainly in the West

New research suggests Russia has lost its best mathematical minds to the U.S. and Europe.

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Putin's Reputation Turns Radioactive

A U.K. report on the assassination of a Russian ex-spy cements the world's opinion about this once-promising leader.

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Repression or Reform, Putin Must Decide

Chechnya's leader has offered himself as a 'jackal exterminator' to keep opposition in check.

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Shocker: U.S. Knows About Corruption in Russia.

The lame-duck Obama administration can afford to tell the truth.

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Putin Is a Compulsive Risk-Taker

He is doubling down on Ukraine, Syria and his failing economic policies.

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Eminent Domain, Moscow-Style

The city razed almost 100 buildings overnight, without compensating owners.

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