The Russian president has been in power in some capacity for 15 years. Is his political autumn finally looming?
An unsettled diplomatic winter lies ahead of spring. Photo: Getty
Spring came more quickly in the Caucasus. Those first warm days that year made the late winter cold of Moscow seem even more remote, yet the signs of the destructive might of Moscow’s power were all around. The centre of Grozny, the main city in Chechnya at Russia’s southern edge, was so completely ruined that it seemed there was not a single undamaged building left standing.
All the same, that Sunday, people …read more
Source: New Statesman
