EVENTS

The Kerch incident – Putin’s motives and the Kremlin’s fears

ACTORS

Sergei Kiriyenko – growing political influence

The State Council – a government superstructure

The All-Russia People’s Front – how Volodin’s structure became Kiriyenko’s

The volunteer movement – converting a political threat into a political resource

Russian rappers sow discord in the elite

A new governor from Kiriyenko’s team

Andrei Fursenko and the ‘science vertical’

PROCESSES

Irritation to the relationship between Russia and the West

Paradoxical trends: the Kremlin protects rappers and Sokurov, but closes its eyes to the sentencing of Ponomaryov

INDICATORS

People are getting concerned about Russia’s isolation and more positive toward the United States.

Controversial article 282 is being applied more selectively.