It is out there on the streets far beyond the Moscow Ring Road that the real protest energy is building

The current corruption scandals clearly demonstrate that Skolkovo has already failed as a scientific and technological project

The political situation in Tunis is more complicated and less optimistic. Political freedoms have been secured, but social problems remain

Russian authorities made a serious error when they gloated over the economic problems incurred by Western European nations

The European elite are more afraid of defaults than Russians are of revolutions

Unlike Russia, Chavez firmly upheld the rights and freedoms enshrined in Venezuela's constitution

There is no harm in dreaming about something — unless the dreamer has access to billions of rubles of public money and has no qualms about using it

The fortitude Urusov has shown in prison and his refusal to plea bargain has made him a hero of the Russian labor movement

Catalonia has adopted a declaration of sovereignty. To those of us who lived through the collapse of the Soviet Union, this is very much deja vu

The U.S. was the epicenter of the financial shockwaves in 2007 and 2008

Whichever side wins in the struggle to determine Russia's economic course, politics will play a central role in its implementation

we can speak of an end to turbulence only in the sense that we have passed through a particular phase of the crisis, one that will inevitably be followed by another

The authorities' actions are senseless and ¬counterproductive, but this doesn't make them any less ruthless

Some jailed Russians have become international celebrities, while many others are either unknown or have been forgotten by the outside world

The sole strategy for progressive reform today is to competently dismantle the existing institutions

The great flow of petrodollars is being used to indulge the vanity of the country's leaders

Time is passing, but our legislatures are too busy complaining about noisy cats to deal with the very real problems that Russians are facing

The energy behind the marches is undoubtedly waning, but it is also clear that the series of protests over much of the past year has changed society

When discussing a scandal in Russia, the first question people are tempted to ask is, "Who ordered it?" The case against the female punk group Pussy Riot is a good example

Even the very best education cannot solve societal problems