Index

Abdullaev, Akhyad ref1

Abe, Shinzo ref1

Abkhazia ref1, ref2, ref3

Abramovich, Roman ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Admiral Kuznetsov (aircraft carrier) ref1

Afghanistan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15

Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation ref1

Akhmat-Arena ref1

Aksënenko, Nikolai ref1

Aksënov, Sergei ref1

Al-Qaida ref1, ref2, ref3

Albania ref1, ref2

Alexander I ref1

Alexander II ref1

Alexander III ref1

Alexander Nevski (submarine) ref1

Alexei II, Patriarch ref1, ref2

Ali al-Jifri, Habib ref1

All-Russia Popular Front ref1

All-Russia-Fatherland Party ref1, ref2, ref3

All-Union Centre for the Study of Public Opinion ref1

Alortag company ref1

Andropov, Yuri ref1, ref2

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ref1

Antonov, Anatoli ref1

Apple Inc. ref1

Arab Spring ref1, ref2

Arctic, Russian air space in ref1

ARD television station ref1

Armenia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Ashton, Catherine ref1

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ref1

Asia-Pacific region ref1

Assad, Bashir ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Astana ref1, ref2

Auchan ref1

Australia ref1

Austria ref1

Ayusheev, Damba ref1

Azerbaijan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Baburova, Anastasia ref1

Bahrain ref1

Baikonur ref1

Baisarov, Ruslan ref1

Baku ref1

Balkans ref1, ref2

Baltic Sea ref1, ref2, ref3

Baltic States ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

Bandera, Stepan ref1

Bannon, Steve ref1

Barroso, José Manuel ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Barvikha ref1

Basaev, Shamil ref1

Bashneft oil company ref1, ref2

BBC ref1, ref2

Beijing ref1

Belarus ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Belgium ref1, ref2

Belgrade ref1, ref2

Belousov, Andrei ref1

Belt and Road Initiative, see People’s Republic of China

Benghazi ref1

Berdyaev, Nikolai ref1

The Philosophy of Inequality ref1

Berezovski, Boris ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Berlusconi, Silvio ref1

Beslan school siege (2004) ref1, ref2, ref3

Beyrle, John ref1

Biarritz ref1

Biden, Joe ref1, ref2, ref3

Bilan, Dima ref1

birth-rate ref1

Black Sea ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Blair, Tony ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Blinov, Sergei ref1

Bloomberg TV ref1

Boeing Corporation ref1

Bolton, John ref1, ref2, ref3

Bordyuzha, Nikolai ref1

Borodino, battle of (1812) ref1

Bortnikov, Alexander ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Boshirov, Ruslan ref1

Bosnia ref1

Brazil ref1, ref2, ref3

Breitbart News ref1

Brennan, John ref1

Brest-Litovsk ref1

Brexit ref1, ref2

Brezhnev, Leonid ref1, ref2, ref3

BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) ref1, ref2

British–American Tobacco (BAT) ref1

Browder, Bill ref1, ref2, ref3

Browder, Earl ref1

Brown, Gordon ref1

Brzezinski, Zbigniew ref1, ref2, ref3

Bucharest NATO summit (2008) ref1

Buckley, Neil ref1

Budanov, Yuri ref1

Budapest Memorandum (1994) ref1, ref2, ref3

Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia ref1

Buranovo Grannies ref1

Burns, William J. ref1

Bush, George H. W. ref1, ref2

Bush, George W. ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18

Cameron, David ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Canada ref1

Carnegie, Dale, How to Win Friends and Influence People ref1

Castro, Fidel ref1

Catherine the Great ref1, ref2, ref3

Ceauşescu, Nicolae ref1

censorship ref1, ref2

central Asia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Central Electoral Committee ref1

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Central Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Russia ref1

Chaika, Yuri ref1

Chamber of Trade and Industry ref1

Chapman, Anna ref1

Chechnya, Chechens ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25

Chekist Day (20th December) ref1

China see People’s Republic of China

Chinese Communist Party ref1

Chinese National Petroleum Corporation ref1

Chinese People’s Congress ref1

Christians, Christianity ref1, ref2, ref3

see also Orthodox Church

Chubais, Anatoli ref1

Chukotka ref1

Churchill, Winston ref1, ref2

CIA see Central Intelligence Agency

Cisco (company) ref1

Civic Initiative Party ref1

Clinton, Bill ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Clinton, Hillary ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Coats, Dan ref1

Cohen, Michael ref1

Cold War ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) ref1, ref2

Collymore, Stan ref1

Comey, James ref1

Commonwealth of Independent States ref1, ref2, ref3

communism ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Communist Party of the Russian Federation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Communist Party of Ukraine ref1

Communist Party of the USA ref1

Confucius Institute ref1

Constitutional Court ref1

constitutional reform proposals (2020) ref1

Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (1990) ref1, ref2

Corbyn, Jeremy ref1

coronavirus pandemic ref1, ref2

Council of Ministers (Russia) ref1 See also Kasyanov; Medvedev

Council of Muftis of Russia ref1

Crimea ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

ban on Western IT companies ref1

Chinese comments on ref1

financial support for ref1

historical background ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

invasion and annexation of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38, ref39, ref40

population of ref1

and restoration of territorial integrity ref1

Croatia ref1, ref2

Cromwell, Oliver ref1

Crown Prosecution Service (UK) ref1

CSTO see Collective Security Treaty Organization

Cuba ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

cyber-attacks ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Cybercommand (US) ref1

Cyprus ref1, ref2, ref3

Czech Republic ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Dadaev, Zaur ref1

Dagestan ref1, ref2

Davos Economic Forum ref1

Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repressions (30th October) ref1

Defence Ministry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Democratic Choice party ref1

Deng Xiao-Ping ref1, ref2

Denikin, General Anton ref1

Deripaska, Oleg ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Derkach, Leonid ref1

Dima Yakovlev law (2012) ref1

Dokuchaev, Dmitri ref1

Donbas ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Donetsk ref1

Donetsk People’s Republic ref1

Dostoevski, Fëdor ref1

Dostum, Abdul Rashid ref1

drugs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Dubnov, Arkadi ref1

Dugin, Alexander ref1, ref2

The Fourth Political Theory ref1

Ðukanović, Milo ref1

Duma see State Duma

Duritskaya, Anna ref1

Dvorkovich, Arkadi ref1

Dzerzhinski, Felix ref1, ref2

Eastern Bloc ref1

economy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Egypt ref1

Ekho Moskvy radio station ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Erzurum ref1

Estemirova, Natalya ref1

Estonia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15

EU see European Union

Eurasian Economic Union ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

Europe ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) ref1

European Commission ref1, ref2, ref3

European Council ref1

European Court of Human Rights ref1, ref2

European Parliament ref1

European Union (EU) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31

Eurovision Song Contest (2008) ref1

Exxon Mobil ref1, ref2, ref3

Fabius, Laurent ref1

Facebook ref1, ref2, ref3

fake news ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Fallon, Michael ref1

FARA see Foreign Agents Registration Act

FBI see Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Assembly ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ref1

Federal Counter-Intelligence Service ref1

see also secret services

Federal Security Service (FSB) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25

Centre for Information Security ref1

see also secret services

Federation Assembly ref1

Federation Council ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Feoktistov, Alexei ref1, ref2

FIFA World Cup (2018) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Fight Against Corruption Foundation ref1

Finance Ministry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Finland ref1

First Czech-Russian Bank ref1

First World War ref1, ref2

Fishman, Mikhail ref1

Five Star Movement ref1

Flynn, Michael ref1

Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) (1938) ref1

Foreign Intelligence Service ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

foreign policy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Formula One motor racing ref1

Fradkov, Mikhail ref1

France ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15

Front National ref1, ref2

FSB see Federal Security Service

Fu Ying ref1

G7 ref1

G8 summit (Northern Ireland, 2013) ref1

G20 summit (Hamburg, 2017) ref1, ref2, ref3

G20 summit (Osaka, 2019) ref1

Gaaze, Konstantin ref1

Gaddafi, Muammar ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Gaidar, Yegor ref1

Gainutdin, Ravil ref1, ref2

Gates, Robert ref1, ref2

Gazprom ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Gazprom Media ref1

Gazprom Neft ref1

General Motors ref1

Georgia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20

Geremeev, Ruslan ref1

Germany ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15

Glavlit ref1

Glazev, Sergei ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Glencore ref1

Gloster, Elizabeth ref1

Goethe Institute ref1

Gogol, Nikolai ref1

Google ref1

Gorbachëv, Mikhail ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

apparent failure of ref1

attempted coup against ref1, ref2

attitude towards regional groupings ref1

comment on Chinese reforms ref1

and dream of ‘common European home’ ref1

and ending of the Cold War ref1, ref2, ref3

financial stake in Novaya gazeta ref1

health of ref1

media under ref1

and the military ref1, ref2, ref3

and a nuclear-free world ref1

perestroika ref1

politics compared to a leaking bucket ref1

and public opinion ref1

reluctance to elevate friends and associates ref1

and a reunified Germany ref1

and Ukraine ref1

Govorukhin, Stanislav ref1

GPlus (consultancy) ref1

Gref, German ref1, ref2

Gromov, Alexei ref1

Gromyko, Andrei ref1

Grozny ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

GRU see Main Intelligence Directorate

Grudinin, Pavel ref1

Grushin, Boris ref1

Guantanamo ref1

Guardian newspaper ref1, ref2

Gudermes ref1

Gudkov, Gennadi ref1

Gulag ref1

Guriev, Sergei ref1

Gusinski, Vladimir ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Guterres, António ref1

The Hague ref1

Haley, Nikki ref1

Hamilton, Lewis ref1

Heart of Chechnya Mosque ref1

Helsinki summit (2018) ref1

Hermitage Capital ref1, ref2

Hewlett Packard ref1

Hezbollah ref1

Hitler, Adolf ref1

Hollande, François ref1

homosexuals ref1, ref2

Hong Kong ref1, ref2

Houthi ref1

Hu Jintao ref1

Huawei (company) ref1

Hungary ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Hussein, Saddam ref1, ref2, ref3

Hyun-Soo, Ahn ref1

Iannucci, Armando, The Death of Stalin ref1

IBM (company) ref1

Idlib ref1

IKEA (company) ref1

Ilin, Ivan ref1

Our Tasks ref1

Illarionov, Andrei ref1, ref2

IMF see International Monetary Fund

‘Immortal Regiment’ parade (2015) ref1

India ref1, ref2

Indonesia ref1

Information Security Doctrine ref1

information technology (IT) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Ingushetia ref1, ref2

Instagram ref1, ref2

Institutes for Democracy and Cooperation (New York & Paris) ref1

intelligence service see secret service

Inter-State Bank of the Commonwealth of Independent States ref1

Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (1987) ref1, ref2

International Monetary Fund (IMF) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

International Olympic Committee (IOC) ref1

International Telecommunications Union conference (2012) ref1

IOC see International Olympic Committee

Iran ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Iraq ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

Irkutsk ref1

ISIS see Islamic State

Islam ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Islamic State (ISIS) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Israel ref1, ref2

IT see information technology

Italy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Ivan the Terrible ref1

Ivanov, Sergei ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Jackson–Vanik Amendment ref1

Japan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Japan Tobacco Co. ref1

Jiang Zemin ref1, ref2

jihadism, jihadists ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

John, Elton ref1, ref2

Johnson, Boris ref1

Juncker, Jean-Claude ref1

Just Cause party ref1

Kaczyński, Lech ref1, ref2

Kadyrov, Akhmat ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Kadyrov, Ramzan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Kaliningrad ref1

Kara-Murza, Vladimir ref1

Karabagh ref1

Karaganov, Sergei ref1

Karimov, Islam ref1

Karshi-Khanabad, Uzbekistan ref1

Karzai, Hamid ref1

Kaspersky Lab ref1, ref2

Kasyanov, Mikhail ref1

fiscal and economic reforms ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

joins the Opposition ref1

political strength of ref1, ref2

prime minister and fierce critic, plate 10

and Putin ref1, ref2

refuses to expand military budget ref1

removed from office ref1, ref2, ref3

reputation shredded ref1

rhetoric of ref1

and the security services ref1

and Yeltsin ref1

Katyn ref1

Kazakhstan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Kelly, John ref1, ref2

Kelly, Megyn ref1, ref2, ref3

Kerch Bridge ref1, ref2

Kerch Strait ref1, ref2

Kerimov, Suleiman ref1

Kerry, John ref1, ref2

Ketchum (PR company) ref1, ref2, ref3

KGB ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17

Khakamada, Irina ref1, ref2

Kharkiv ref1

Kharkiv Accords ref1

Khodorkovski, Mikhail ref1

arrest and imprisonment ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

assets seized ref1, ref2, ref3

fiscal law retrospectively applied against ref1

settles in Western Europe ref1

Khrushchëv, Nikita ref1, ref2, ref3

Kirill, Patriarch ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Kirov City Council ref1

Kiselëv, Dmitri ref1

Kissinger, Henry ref1, ref2, ref3

Klichko, Vitali ref1, ref2

Kohl, Helmut ref1

Kolchak, Admiral Alexander ref1

Kolesnikov, Sergei ref1

Konstantinov, Vladimir ref1

Kornili, Metropolitan ref1

Kosovo ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Kosygin, Alexei ref1

Kouchner, Bernard ref1

Kovalchuk, Yuri ref1

Kovalëv, Andrei ref1

Kovtun, Dmitri ref1, ref2

Kozhemyako, Oleg ref1

Krasnikov, Gennadi ref1

Kravchuk, Leonid ref1

Kremlin

corruption and wealth ref1

loyalty and discipline in ref1

and the media ref1, ref2, ref3

and the ‘near abroad’ ref1

and political opposition ref1

and public opinion ref1

reaction to revolution in Kyiv ref1

and the Russian Orthodox Church ref1

security issues ref1

Kryuchkov, Vladimir ref1, ref2

Kshesinskaya, Matilda ref1

Kuban Cossack Choir ref1

Kuchma, Leonid ref1, ref2

Kudelina, Lyubov ref1

Kudrin, Alexei ref1

advice rejected by Putin ref1

criticism of the costs of annexing Crimea ref1

and economic reform ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

and election fraud ref1

friendship with Putin ref1, ref2

objects to military expenditure ref1, ref2

oil and gas receipts ref1

permitted critic of official economic policy, plate 6

resignation of ref1

sovereign wealth initiative ref1, ref2

and support for Crimean peninsula ref1

tweets about unjustified verdict on Ulyukaev ref1

Kurds ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Kursk nuclear submarine ref1, ref2

Kvyat, Daniil ref1

Kyiv ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24

Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Labour Code ref1

Lake Baikal ref1

Lake Seliger ref1

Land Code ref1

Latvia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Lavelle, Peter ref1

Lavrov, Sergei

comment on Russian deaths in London ref1

and draft speeches ref1

and Europe ref1, ref2

and intervention in Syria ref1

light-hearted reaction to US ‘red button’ gift ref1

love of sport ref1, ref2

man who puts gloss on Putin’s external initiatives, plate 5

media coverage ref1

nationalist sentiments ref1

and nuclear weapons ref1

reaction to George W. Bush and MAP ref1

rise to power ref1

and Russo-US relationship ref1

and Ukraine ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

and US sanctions ref1

Lazar, Berel ref1

Le Pen, Marine ref1, ref2

League (Lega Nord) ref1

Lebedev, Alexander ref1

Lenin, V. I. ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Lenin State Farm ref1

Leningrad see St Petersburg

Leningrad State University ref1

Lenovo (company) ref1

lenta.ru news website ref1

Lermontov, Mikhail ref1

Leroy Merlin ref1

Lesin, Mikhail ref1

Levada, Yuri ref1

Levada Centre ref1, ref2, ref3

Liberal-Democratic Party ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Libya ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Lithuania ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Litvinenko, Alexander ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Livadia Palace (Yalta) ref1, ref2

London Summer Olympics (2012) ref1

Lugovoi, Andrei ref1, ref2, ref3

Luhansk (Lugansk) ref1, ref2

Lukashenka, Alyaksandr ref1, ref2

Lukin, Vladimir ref1

Lukoil ref1, ref2

Luxembourg ref1

Luzhkov, Yuri ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

McAfee (company) ref1

McCain, John ref1

McFaul, Michael ref1, ref2

McMaster, H. R. ref1, ref2

Macron, Emmanuel ref1, ref2

Maduro, Nicolás ref1, ref2

Magnitski, Sergei ref1

Magnitsky Act (USA, 2012) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) ref1, ref2

Malaysian Airlines ref1, ref2

Mamut, Alexander ref1

Manafort, Paul ref1

Manchin, Joe ref1

Mao Zedong ref1

MAP see Membership Action Plan

Maradona, Diego ref1

Mars ref1

Martynyuk, Leonid ref1

Marxism ref1, ref2

Marxism-Leninism ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Mattis, James ref1, ref2, ref3

Matveev, Lazar ref1

May, Theresa ref1

May Decrees (2012) ref1

May Decrees (2018) ref1, ref2

Mbeki, Thabo ref1

media ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Medinski, Vladimir ref1, ref2

Medvedev, Dimitri ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, plate 2

alleviates crisis by using sovereign wealth fund ref1

association with Dvorkovich ref1

bond with Putin ref1

as chairman of United Russia ref1

character and description ref1, ref2

conduct of public affairs ref1

conversation with Obama ref1

defends Serdyukov as defence minister ref1

demands Kudrin’s resignation ref1

and economic policy ref1, ref2

and election fraud ref1

financial schemes and residences ref1, ref2

fired as premier ref1, ref2

foreign policy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

as head of the Council of Ministers ref1

ignores letter concerning Putin’s finances ref1

and Libya ref1

media coverage ref1

military matters ref1

oversees four new national programmes ref1

and passing of laws ref1

as president ref1, ref2

as prime minister and legal adviser ref1, ref2, ref3

relationship with US and Germany ref1, ref2

rise to power ref1, ref2

and state pensions ref1

watches ice hockey match at Sochi Olympics ref1

Melikova, Natalya ref1

Membership Action Plan (MAP) ref1, ref2

Memorial (NGO) ref1

Mendeleev, Dmitri ref1

Mercedes Benz ref1

Meri, Lennart ref1

Merkel, Angela ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Metro Group ref1

MI6 (UK Secret Intelligence Service) ref1, ref2

Middle East ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

Mikhailov, Sergei ref1

military ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Miller, Alexei ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Milne, Seumas ref1

Milošević, Slobodan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Minin, Kuzma ref1

Minsk ref1, ref2

Minsk Accords (2015) ref1, ref2

Mishustin, Mikhail ref1

Mitkova, Tatyana ref1

Mnuchin, Steven ref1

Mogilevich, Semën ref1

Moldova ref1, ref2

Molotov, Vyacheslav ref1

Montenegro ref1, ref2

Morano, Nadine ref1

Morsi, Mohammed ref1

Moscow ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38, ref39, ref40, ref41, ref42

Bolotnaya Square ref1

Butyrki prison ref1

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour ref1, ref2

Donskoi Monastery ref1

Lubyanka Square ref1

Luzhniki stadium ref1

‘March of the Millions’ protest poster, plate 13

Nord-Ost Theatre ref1

Red Square ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Sheremetevo airport ref1

Veernaya Ulitsa ref1

Wall of Sorrow ref1

Moscow Spartak FC ref1

Moscow State University ref1, ref2

Mourinho, José ref1

Mueller inquiry ref1, ref2

multipolar world concept ref1

Munich Security Conference (2007) ref1

Muratov, Dmitri ref1

Muslim Brotherhood ref1

Muslims ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Myanmar ref1

Napoleon Bonaparte ref1, ref2, ref3

Narva ref1

Naryshkin, Sergei ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

National Guard ref1

National Intellectual Development Foundation ref1

National Security Council, Washington ref1

National Well-Being Fund ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

NATO see North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

Navalny, Alexei ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, plate 12

Navalny, Oleg ref1, ref2

Nazarbaev, Nursultan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Nazis, Nazism ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

NBC ref1, ref2, ref3

near abroad zone ref1

Nemtsov, Boris ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, plate 11

neo-Eurasianism ref1

Netherlands ref1, ref2

New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (2011) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

NGOs see non-governmental organizations

Nicaragua ref1

Nicholas II ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Nikolai, Father ref1

Nikonov, Vyacheslav ref1, ref2

Nixon, Richard ref1, ref2

Nizhni Novgorod ref1, ref2, ref3

NKVD (secret police) ref1

non-governmental organizations (NGOs) ref1

Nord Stream 2 ref1

Nord Stream consortium ref1

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

America as leader of ref1

Cold War policy ref1

and Crimea ref1

defence expenditure ref1

deployment and surveillance activities ref1

eastward expansion ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

in Estonia ref1

and Georgia ref1, ref2, ref3

increased foreign presence ref1

intervention in Yugoslavia ref1

membership of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16

relationship with Russia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

and Russo-Chinese military exercises ref1

and Skripal affair ref1

and Syrian conflict ref1

transit agreement with Baltic States ref1

troop deployment in Poland and Baltic States ref1

and Ukraine ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

North Caucasus ref1, ref2

North Korea ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

North Ossetia ref1, ref2, ref3

Norway ref1, ref2

Novaya gazeta ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Novichok ref1

Novo-Ogarëvo ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Novorossiisk ref1, ref2

Novosasitli ref1

Novosibirsk ref1

NTV television ref1, ref2

Nuclear Forces Treaty (1988) ref1

nuclear weapons ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19

Nuland, Victoria ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Obama, Barack

and the Arab Spring ref1

conversation with Medvedev ref1

foreign policy ref1, ref2

and invasion of Crimea ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

and Iraq ref1, ref2

and Libya ref1

nuclear weapons and military policy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

relationship with Putin ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

and retaliatory action ref1

and Russian agricultural sanctions ref1

and Russian political interference ref1, ref2

signs Magnitsky Act into law ref1

and Snowden leaks ref1

and Sochi Winter Olympics ref1

and Syria ref1, ref2, ref3

Oboronservis company ref1

October Revolution (1917) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

oil and gas ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

see also named companies

oligarchs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19

Olympic Games ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

OMON ref1

Omsk ref1

OPEC ref1

Orange Revolution (2004) ref1, ref2, ref3

Orbán, Victor ref1

Organization of the Islamic Conference (2005) ref1

Orthodox Church ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

see also Christians, Christianity

Orwell, George, Animal Farm ref1

Osmaev, Adam ref1

Ostrovni fish-processing plant ref1

Owen, Sir Robert ref1

Pacific Rim ref1, ref2

Pakistan ref1, ref2

Palmerston, Lord ref1

Panama Papers ref1

Paris ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Les Invalides ref1

Park Geun-Hye ref1

Partnership for Peace ref1

Party Politburo (USSR) ref1

Party of Progress ref1

Patrushev, Nikolai

comments on US ambitions and military doctrine ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

and invasion of Ukraine ref1, ref2, ref3

and Islamic State jihadists ref1

not a man to smile unduly, plate 3

as Putin’s attack dog ref1

as Security Council secretary ref1

wealth of ref1

Pavlovski, Gleb ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Pelevina, Natalya ref1

pensions ref1, ref2

People’s Republic of China (PRC) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25

Belt and Road Initiative ref1, ref2, ref3

PepsiCo Holdings ref1

Peskov, Dmitri ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Peter the Great ref1, ref2

Petrograd see St Petersburg

Petrov, Alexander ref1

Pezzi, Paolo ref1

Pfizer ref1

Philip Morris International (company) ref1

Philippines ref1

Philippot, Florian ref1

Pichugin, Alexei ref1

Pikalëvo ref1

Piotrovski, Mikhail ref1

Piterskie ref1

Plës ref1

Poklonskaya, Natalya ref1, ref2

Poland ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ref1

politics ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Opposition ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

parties, elections, parliaments ref1

under Yeltsin and Gorbachëv ref1, ref2

Politkovskaya, Anna ref1, ref2, ref3

Pompeo, Mike ref1

Ponomarëv, Ilya ref1

Poroshenko, Petro ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Potëmkin, Prince Grigori ref1

Pozharski, Dmitri ref1

Praskoveevka ref1

Presidential Administration ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Prikhodko, Sergei ref1, ref2, ref3

Prilepa, Danila ref1

Primakov, Yevgeni ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, plate 9

Procter and Gamble (company) ref1

Prokhanov, Alexander ref1

Prokhorov, Mikhail ref1, ref2

Prokhorov, Vadim ref1

Prussia ref1

public opinion ref1, ref2

Public Opinion Foundation ref1

public relations ref1

Pugachëv, Yemelyan ref1

Pussy Riot (rock group) ref1, plate 16

Putin, Spiridon (grandfather) ref1, ref2

Putin, Vladimir

and annexation of Crimea ref1

appreciates importance of public image ref1

at his inauguration ceremony, plate 1

attempts to revive national pride ref1

attitude towards women and homosexuals ref1

belief in patriotism and tradition ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

big business and the oligarchs ref1

celebrates science and the arts ref1

character and description ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

and Chechnya ref1, ref2

choices concerning the West ref1

and communism ref1

cult of ref1

defence spending ref1

and economic progress ref1, ref2, ref3

European links and tensions ref1

family background ref1, ref2

family life ref1, ref2

financial resources ref1

as fitness fanatic ref1

foreign policy ref1

giant puppet model, plate 14

and his May Decrees ref1, ref2, ref3

imperial instinct ref1

interest in history ref1

international influence through soft power ref1

as leader ref1

loyalty and discipline in Kremlin team ref1

manoeuvres in 2019 ref1

and the media ref1

as member of the KGB ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

and the multipolarity notion ref1

nationalist vision ref1, ref2

and NATO membership and expansion ref1, ref2, ref3

perception of malign Western intentions ref1

plots against ref1

political opposition to ref1

political order under ref1

popularity of ref1, ref2, ref3

potential for unrest under ref1

and praise for politicians ref1

and presence of NATO forces on Russian borders ref1

reaction to criticism ref1, ref2

reaction to revolution in Kyiv ref1

relationship with America ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

relationship with China ref1

religious beliefs ref1, ref2

rise to power ref1, ref2, ref3

rivals ref1, ref2

security issues ref1, ref2

and Syria ref1, ref2

and Donald Trump ref1

and Turkey ref1

wealth and corruption ref1, ref2

and Western economic sanctions ref1, ref2

Winter Olympics, Formula One and World Cup Football ref1

Putin, Vladimir (father of president) ref1

Putina, Lyudmila ref1, ref2

Putina, Maria (daughter) ref1, ref2

Putina, Yekaterina (daughter) ref1, ref2

Pyatt, Geoffrey ref1

Qatari Investment Fund ref1

Queen Elizabeth (aircraft carrier) ref1

Rasputin, Valentin ref1

Razin, Stenka ref1

Reagan, Ronald ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Red Army ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

religion ref1, ref2, ref3

Reserve Fund ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Reuters ref1

RIA-Novosti ref1

Rice, Condoleezza ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Rice, Susan ref1

Riga ref1

Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics (2016) ref1

Rodchenkov, Grigori ref1

Rohingyas ref1

Roman Catholics ref1

Romania ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Romanov dynasty ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Romney, Mitt ref1

Roosevelt, Franklin D. ref1, ref2

Rosatom company ref1

Roskomnadzor ref1

Rosneft ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

Rossiya-1 television channel ref1, ref2

Rostov-on-Don ref1

Rotenberg, Arkadi ref1, ref2, ref3

Rotenberg, Boris ref1, ref2, ref3

Rowley, Charlie ref1

Roxburgh, Angus ref1, ref2, ref3

RT network see Russia Today (RT) TV channel

Russia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22

achievements and prospects ref1

as economic power among ex-Soviet states ref1

economic recovery in ref1

economic shocks ref1

financial assistance to other countries ref1

foreign direct investment in ref1

global charm offensive ref1

imperial instinct and the ‘near abroad’ ref1

and information technology ref1

life at the top ref1

and the new official past ref1

penetration of Europe ref1

politics in ref1

regarded with suspicion ref1

relationship with America ref1, ref2, ref3

relationship with China ref1, ref2

state of ref1

and Syrian intervention ref1

Trump’s links to ref1

vision of ref1

and the West ref1

years of hurt and national humiliation ref1

see also USSR

Russia Council ref1

Russia Today (RT) TV channel ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Russian Democratic Front ref1

Russian Federation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29

Accounts Chamber ref1

Russian Islamic University ref1

Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church ref1

Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Russian Railways ref1

Russian Unity Party ref1

Russian-German Chamber of Foreign Trade ref1

Russkii Mir (Russian World) ref1

RusUkrEnergo (company) ref1

Ryan, Paul ref1

Rybka, Nastya (Anastasia Vashukevich) ref1

Saakashvili, Mikheil ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

St Petersburg Economic Forum ref1, ref2

St Petersburg International Economic Forum ref1, ref2

St Petersburg (Leningrad, Petrograd) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16

Hermitage Museum ref1

St Petersburg Mining Institute ref1, ref2, ref3

Sakhalin Province ref1

Salafists ref1, ref2

Salah, Mohamed ‘Mo’ ref1

Salisbury ref1, ref2, ref3

Salman, King ref1

Salmond, Alex ref1

Samsung ref1

Sanders, Bernie ref1, ref2

Sargsyan, Serzh ref1

Sarkozy, Nicolas ref1, ref2

Saudi Arabia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Sberbank ref1

Schröder, Gerhard ref1, ref2

Sea of Azov ref1

Sechin, Igor ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, plate 4

Second World War ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18

secret services ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

see also Federal Counter-Intelligence Service; Federal Security Service (FSB)

Secretariat of the Supreme Rada ref1

security ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25

Security and Anti-Corruption Committee ref1

Security Council ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Senate Foreign Relations Committee (US) ref1

September 11th (2001) ref1, ref2, ref3

Serbia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Serdyukov, Anatoli ref1

Sergeev, Igor ref1

Sessions, Jeff ref1

Sevastopol ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

Seychelles ref1

Shaheen, Jeanne ref1

Shamalov, Nikolai ref1

Shanghai ref1

Shanghai Cooperation Organization ref1, ref2

Sharapudinov, Saadu ref1

Sharon, Ariel ref1

Shchekochikhin, Yuri ref1

Shevardnadze, Eduard ref1

Shikotan ref1

Shoigu, Sergei ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

Shuvalov, Igor ref1, ref2

Siberia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Siemens (company) ref1

Sikorski, Radek ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Siluanov, Anton ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Simferopol ref1

Simonyan, Margarita ref1, ref2, ref3

Singapore ref1, ref2

Singing Together (electronic-dance duo) ref1

Sirius (super-yacht) ref1

Sittel, Maria ref1

Skolkovo ref1, ref2, ref3

Skripal, Sergei ref1, ref2

Skripal, Yulia ref1

Skuratov, Yuri ref1

Slovakia ref1, ref2

Slovenia ref1

Sluzhba bezopasnosti (FSB house journal) ref1

Snowden, Edward ref1, ref2

Sobchak, Anatoli ref1, ref2, ref3

Sobchak, Xenia ref1

Sobyanin, Sergei ref1

Sochi ref1, ref2

Sochi Winter Olympics (2014) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

social media ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Solidarity ref1

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander ref1, ref2

The Gulag Archipelago ref1

Solzhenitsyna, Natalya ref1, ref2

Somalia ref1

South China Sea ref1

South Korea ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

South Ossetia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Soviet Union see USSR

Spain ref1

Spogli, Ronald ref1

Stabilization Fund ref1

Stalin, Joseph ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

Standard and Poor’s (credit rating agency) ref1

State Commission for Military-Industrial Issues ref1

State Duma ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28

Education Committee ref1

Foreign Affairs Committee ref1

State Property Committee ref1

Statoil Hydro (company) ref1

Steele, Christopher ref1

Steinmeier, Frank-Walter ref1, ref2

Stepashin, Sergei ref1, ref2, ref3

Stoltenberg, Jens ref1

Stolypin, Pëtr ref1

Stone, Oliver ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Stoyanov, Ruslan ref1

Sturgeon, Nicola ref1

Sturgess, Dawn ref1

Stuxnet virus ref1

Supreme Council of Crimea ref1

Supreme Soviet ref1

Surkov, Vladislav ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, plate 7

Suslov, Mikhail ref1

Swank, Hilary ref1

Sweden ref1

Symantec (company) ref1

Syria ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19

Tadzhuddin, Talgat ref1

Tajikistan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Taliban ref1, ref2, ref3

Tallinn ref1, ref2

Tambov gang ref1

Tartus ref1

TASS news agency ref1

Tatars ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Tbilisi ref1

Tefft, John F. ref1

Temirkhanov, Yusup ref1

terrorism, terrorists ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Third Reich ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Tillerson, Rex ref1, ref2

Timchenko, Gennadi ref1, ref2

Timoshenko, Yulia ref1

Tishkov, Valeri ref1

Titiev, Oyub ref1

Topilin, Maxim ref1

Toyota Motor Corporation ref1

Transneft oil company ref1

Transparency International ref1

Treaty of Good Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation (2001) ref1

Tripoli ref1, ref2

Trotsky, Lev ref1

Trump, Donald ref1

and presidential election ref1, ref2

relationship with Russia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

and Syria ref1

and Ukraine ref1

withdraws from Nuclear Forces Treaty ref1

Trump, Donald Jr ref1

Tsereteli, Zurab ref1

Tunisia ref1

Turchynov, Oleksandr ref1

Turkey ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Turkmenistan ref1, ref2

Tusk, Donald ref1, ref2

Twitter ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Tyahnibok, Oleh ref1

Tyson, Mike ref1

UAE see United Arab Emirates

Uchitel, Alexei ref1

Udmurtian republic ref1

Ukraine ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19

Chinese comments on ref1

and the EU ref1, ref2

gas transit across ref1

given financial assistance from the West ref1

historical background ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

invasion and annexation of territory in ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

American military supplies ref1

links and tensions with Russia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

malfeasance and corruption in ref1

and NATO membership ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

negotiations over ref1

‘Orange Revolution’ in ref1, ref2, ref3

refuses to support Eurasian Economic Union ref1

and restoration of territorial integrity ref1

restrictions on exports ref1

Ukraine–Russia Dialogue ref1

Ulyukaev, Alexei ref1, ref2, ref3

Union of Right Forces ref1, ref2

United Arab Emirates (UAE) ref1, ref2

United Kingdom ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17

United Nations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

General Assembly ref1

Security Council ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

United Russia party ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

United States ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29

Congress ref1

Defense Department ref1

House Intelligence Committee ref1, ref2

Senate ref1

Senate Armed Services Committee ref1

Senate Intelligence Committee ref1

Unity Party (Russia) ref1

Urals ref1

USSR ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38, ref39, ref40

Ustinov, Dmitri ref1

Uzbekistan, Uzbeks ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Vaino, Anton ref1

Valdai conference (2017) ref1

Valdai International Discussion Club ref1, ref2

Vandenko, Andrei ref1

Vasileva, Yevgenia ref1

Veduchi ref1

Vekselberg, Viktor ref1, ref2

Venediktov, Alexei ref1, ref2, ref3

Venezuela ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Vidyaevo naval base ref1

Vietnam ref1, ref2, ref3

Villepin, Dominique de ref1

Vilnius ref1, ref2

Vitebsk ref1

Vladimir the Great ref1

Vladimir Monomakh (submarine) ref1

Vladivostok ref1

Vlasov, Lt General Andrei ref1

Vneshekonombank ref1, ref2

Volker, Kurt ref1

Volkswagen ref1

Volodin, Vyacheslav ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Voloshin, Alexander ref1, ref2

Vostok-2018 ref1

VTsIOM see Russian Public Opinion Research Center

Vyshkovski, Konstantin ref1

WADA see World Anti-Doping Agency

Warsaw NATO Summit (2016) ref1

White Army ref1

WikiLeaks ref1, ref2

Wild, Vic ref1

Wilhelm II, Kaiser ref1

Winter Olympics (2014) see Sochi Winter Olympics

Witte, Sergei ref1

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ref1, ref2, ref3

World Bank ref1, ref2

World Economic Forum, Davos ref1

World Islamic Conference ref1

World Trade Organization (WTO) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

WTO see World Trade Organization

Wuhan ref1

Xi Jinping ref1, ref2

Yabloko (liberal party) ref1, ref2, ref3

Yakovlev, Vladimir ref1

Yakunin, Vladimir ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Yalta ref1, ref2

Yanukovych, Viktor ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, plate 8

Yatsenyuk, Arseniy ref1, ref2

Yavlinski, Grigori ref1

Yazov, Marshal Dmitri ref1

Yekaterinburg ref1, ref2

Yeltsin, Boris ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

as admirer of Western lifestyle ref1

as butt of multiple charges ref1

and Chechnya ref1

and the Cold War ref1

commercial business under ref1, ref2

and concept of multipolarity ref1

confrontation with communist leadership ref1

corruption under ref1

and economic reform ref1, ref2

half-hearted in playing nationalist card ref1

and Kazakhs ref1

media under ref1

and the military ref1

offers Putin premiership and acting presidency ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

optimistic view of the future ref1

and partnership with Western powers ref1

politics under him compared to a leaking bucket ref1

as president of independent Russia ref1, ref2

and public opinion ref1

and Russian dominance ref1

steps down from presidency ref1, ref2, ref3

supports Nemtsov and Kasyanov ref1, ref2

tendency to frequently fire his own appointees ref1, ref2

and war in former Yugoslavia ref1

weakness for drink ref1, ref2, ref3

and the West ref1

Yeltsin Centre (Ekaterinburg) ref1

Yemeni civil war ref1

Yevtushenkov, Vladimir ref1

YouTube ref1, ref2

Yugoslavia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Yukos oil company ref1

Yushchenko, Viktor ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Zakharchenko, Viktor ref1

Zapad-2017 ref1

Zaslavskaya, Tatyana ref1

Zelensky, Volodymyr ref1, ref2

Zhirinovski, Vladimir ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Zolotov, Viktor ref1

ZTE (company) ref1

Zyuganov, Gennadi ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7