The trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky--former CEO of the YUKOS oil company and Russia’s richest man--begins this month in Moscow. Part of a broader, yearlong judicial assault by the Russian government on YUKOS, Russia’s largest oil exporter, the Khodorkovsky case is certain to have repercussions far beyond the courtroom--foremost in its...

Khodorkovsky's fate is almost certainly being decided not in Judge Danilkin's chambers, but in the Kremlin by two people: Vladimir Putin and his protégé, the haltingly liberal president, Dmitri Medvedev.

In response to Russia's economic woes, the Kremlin is attempting to create a kind of free entrepreneurial zone, but the current Russian political climate does not allow for a commitment to innovation.

After years of undeniable if uneven progress in Russia, a rising chorus of critics is warning that President Vladimir Putin has taken the country in a dangerous and destabilizing new direction. From the pursuit of a heavy-handed foreign policy to the recentralization of power in the Kremlin and the assault...

After years of undeniable—if uneven—progress in Russia, a rising chorus of critics is warning that President Vladimir Putin has taken the country in a dangerous and destabilizing new direction. From the pursuit of a heavy-handed foreign policy to the recentralization of power in the Kremlin and the assault on the...

On December 7, 2003, Russians go to the ballot box to elect representatives to the Duma, the lower house of their national parliament. Although such elections have become an established part of Russian political life, they take place this year in a climate of growing fear about President Vladimir Putin’s...

U.S.- based Russia experts are commenting on the Russian government's crackdown on the top management of Yukos, the country's most independent, western-oriented energy company. While there is no consensus, some observers are cautioning against premature conclusions that the moves mean Russia is retreating toward state control of the economy.

Is Russia reverting to state control of enterprise, as exemplified by the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky?