Putin Category

Punish Putin – really

Posted on July 27, 2014     Leave a Comment

Over the past two weeks, I spent six days doing work experience at the Week. The magazine aims to give readers a summary of the week’s news and what the national and foreign media had to say on it, and so I spent many hours scouring the web’s top blogs for any interesting editorial content. […]

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What do you want, Putin?

Posted on May 11, 2014     Leave a Comment

I shouldn’t be writing this. Exams are just around the corner and I haven’t so much as dented revision. I really should be reading a textbook (doesn’t Using Political Ideas sound perfect for late-night perusal?) or going through lecture notes, consolidating knowledge – what knowledge? – or doing something vaguely productive. But hey, it’s Sunday […]

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Evaluation of Russia’s democratic history 1996-2012

Posted on September 12, 2012     Leave a Comment

This is my senior scholarship, an essay I wrote over the summer as an extension to my studies.How has democracy progressed in Russia? A comparison of the 1996 and 2012 Presidential elections While most European states moved towards, and in a majority of cases fully adopted, democracy in the 19th and 20th centuries, Russia was still controlled […]

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2012 – another year of change?

Posted on January 6, 2012     Leave a Comment

Welcome to my 2012 predictions post, where I’m going to detail how and why I think things are going to go this year. I’d love to get some debate going, so please comment to tell me why I am wrong – there’s nothing better than an argument. The Arab springI think 2012 will see a […]

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