"This is being prepared so that Putin can return for 12 years, so two six-year terms," Olga Kryshtanovskaya, a political analyst who is now a State Duma…
"This is, in fact, part of the development of a new strategy and a complete reset," Olga Kryshtanovskaya, an expert on the Russian elite, told Gazeta.ru…
"Real fragmentation is taking place by age because Medvedev rejuvenated the system of administration," prominent Moscow-based sociologist Olga…
The Andropov model, which the sociologist Olga Kryshtanovskaya has called "authoritarian modernization," is similar to the path China has followed until…
The cracks in society, which existed before, are deepening," Moscow-based sociologist Olga Kryshtanovskaya, who studies the Russian elite, told…
"Real fragmentation is taking place by age because Medvedev rejuvenated the system of administration," prominent Moscow-based sociologist and expert on the…
"Now, the highest authorities cannot guarantee the immunity of the political class -- not in elections and not in situations like this when there are going to be…
Currently, they should retire at age 60, but that can be extended to 65 at the president's discretion.Crisis Of Legitimacy Sociologist Olga Kryshtanovskaya,…
We can now add Olga Kryshtanovskaya to the list of leading experts who are convinced that Russia is headed toward a very serious and potentially destabilizing…
Sociologist Olga Kryshtanovskaya, a member of United Russia and expert on political elites, says she knows the reason Medinsky was appointed but "cannot tell…