Search TRM
TRM Tweets
Blogroll
- a good treaty
- beyondbrics (FT)
- BiznessLanch
- Center for Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
- da russophile
- антикоррупция
- навальный
- emerging europe real time (WSJ)
- FSCO's Notebook
- in moscow's shadows
- jamestown foundation blog
- johnson's russia list
- misha's russia blog
- openDemocracy russia
- poemless
- putinania
- robert amsterdam
- russia – foreign policy blogs
- Russia Watchers
- russia! magazine blog
- russia: other points of view
- russian front
- russian law
- russian law online
- russian life blog
- russian marketer
- russian military reform
- russian navy blog
- russian sphinx
- russian strategic nuclear forces
- scraps of moscow
- sean's russia blog
- siberian light
- streetwise professor
- the ivanov report
- the Kremlin Stooge
- the moscow diaries
- the Pipeline (PBN Company)
- the power vertical
- window on eurasia
TRM Topics Cloud
anti-corruption legislation bribery bribes bureaucracy Business Business and Economy corruption criminal law Dmitry Medvedev duma Economic development economics elections Foreign direct investment foreign investment goskorporatsii Government of Russia Law legal update legislation Medvedev news roundup oil oligarchs PM Putin political parties power vertical President Medvedev prosecutor general Putin rule of law russia Russian economy siloviki state corporations strategic industries u.s.-russia relations United Russia Vladimir Putin war on corruptionArchives
Category Archives: tandemocracy
2012 Presidential Campaign Launches in Russian Style – Part II
[TRM’s second installment on recent events in Russia] Medvedev made quite a few headlines two weeks ago with a series of moves that signaled a renewed push to ‘improve the investment climate’ in Russia. This is, of course, not a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, clans, compliance, corruption, Foreign direct investment, foreign investment, goskorporatsii, Government of Russia, Kremlinology, ldpr, Medvedev, oligarchs, PM Putin, power vertical, President Medvedev, Putin, Putin's Plan, rule of law, russia, Russian economy, siloviki, state corporations, strategic industries, tandemocracy, Vedomosti, Vladimir Putin
Tagged NMTP, Ponomarev, Rosimushchestvo, Rosneft, Rotenberg, Sechin, Skorobogatko
3 Comments
Did the Kremlin Violate Russian Procurement Law? Medvedev and Putin Rock Out
Oh Dima, what were you thinking. Last Friday, Pres. Medvedev and PM Putin engaged in a silly photo op, likely dreamed up by some Kremlin ‘political technologist’ (Surkov!). The goal: show an intact tandem after a politically turbulent week that … Continue reading
Medvedev Fires Luzhkov, Turns Corner in His Presidency
People will look back on this day as a major turning point in Medvedev’s presidency. As I wrote back in May, “Simply put, guys like [Luzhkov] need to go, or Medvedev will run the risk of looking weak and naive.” … Continue reading
The Putvedev Tandem: Duel or Synergy?
Following up on yesterday’s post regarding the equalization of Medvedev and Putin’s popularity, I decided I would seize upon some developments today which I think illustrate a common theme of “tandemocracy” (тандемократия) in Russia. There are a few common memes … Continue reading
Posted in Medvedev, PM Putin, President Medvedev, Putin, Putin's Plan, tandemocracy
Comments Off on The Putvedev Tandem: Duel or Synergy?