Russia’s brief democratic promise died when Putin chose autocracy over capitalism. A chilling preview of what could happen in America today. When Capitalism Met Autocracy: Russia’s Lost Promise and ...

After three years of war, the Putin regime is increasingly unable to control its explosive social consequences, which have exacerbated the internal contradictions of Russian capitalism. In an effort ...

During the regime of Boris Yeltsin, a few Russian businessmen picked up formerly state-owned assets for a fraction of their real value. Mikhail Khodorkovsky got the Yukos Oil Company and parlayed it ...

The War of Russian Capitalism’s Decomposition: Neoimperialism, Uninhibited Violence, and Global Civil War by Pablo Jiménez, from Insurgent Notes #25, January 2023. Submitted by Fozzie on February 5, ...

The Big Ideas: What Do We Fear? The trauma Russians endured during the transition from communism to capitalism in the 1990s helps explain why Vladimir Putin remains in power. By Elena Kostyuchenko ...

Discover Lenin's role in the Bolshevik Revolution, his leadership's impact on the USSR, and the controversial legacy of his ...