Tag Stanislav Belkovsky

His bodygovernors

The Moscow Times on the latest gubernatorial appointments in Russia: In a matter of hours, Putin replaced four governors, four envoys and an ambassador with men with security services backgrounds. It would have been major news 15 ago. By 2016,…

Smile: Tyche likes idiots

Vladimir Yakovlev, the son of the prominent journalist of the Perestroika years, Yegor Yakovlev, sees no future for himself and his peers in Russia. His advice is sauve qui peut: if you can leave, just do it. Stanislav Belkovsky recommends self-improvement…

Guess who’s the baddest guy now

The popular Russian observer Stanislav Belkovsky on Lukashenko’s new role after the multilateral talks in Minsk. Belkovsky. – Alexander Grigoryevich is the principal beneficiary of these meetings. Koroleva. – Recall how he was called the principal dictator, Europe’s last dictator.…