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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

A wartime boom in Russia has given way to sluggish growth, tax hikes and squeezed public services. Will it affect the conflict in Ukraine? Western leaders were bullish when they imposed sanctions on ...

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