It looks like the end of the line for the man who helped establish the Russian president’s regime almost two decades ago, writes Nina L. Khrushcheva.            

With parliamentary elections looming in less than a month, Putin is backed by a bunch of yes men when he needs experts in politics, writes William E Pomeranz

A Russian tycoon placed under house arrest in September in a move that rattled markets has been released hours before President Vladimir Putin’s annual televised press conference.

The arrest of a Russian telecoms and oil tycoon has sent shockwaves through the country’s business community, with some fearing a return to the dark days of a decade ago, when the Kremlin asserted its power by imprisoning the country’s then-richest man and expropriating his companies.

The arrest of a Russian telecoms and oil tycoon has sent shockwaves through the country’s business community, with some fearing a return to the dark days of a decade ago, when the Kremlin asserted its power by imprisoning the country’s then-richest man and expropriating his companies.