Andrei PertsevFound 1,541 materialsNewest firstOldest firstNewest firstBy relevanceMoscow Times·Oct 27, 2025Why Is the Russian Elite So Keen to Cozy Up to Trump?Andrei PertsevOur archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionMoscow Times·Sep 15, 2025Why Is the Kremlin Insisting on Ukraine Holding Elections?Andrei PertsevOur archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionMoscow Times·Aug 5, 2025Putin Is Aging and Nobody Wants to Do Anything About ItAndrei PertsevOur archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionMoscow Times·Dec 16, 2024Russia’s Local Government Reform Will Destroy a Rare Channel for Letting Off SteamAndrei PertsevOur archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionMoscow Times·Oct 24, 2024How Russia Returned to GerontocracyAndrei PertsevOur archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionMeduza·Jul 9, 2024"Russia does not end anywhere"In Moscow, a large -scale exhibition “Achievements of the Putin era” closed. She liked her so much that she would be built for her a separate building in the city center - “The future alternative to the mausoleum” Alexander Kazakov / Administration of the President of the Russian Federation / TASS / Profimedia Vladimir Putin at the exhibition "Russia".Andrei PertsevVazhnye Istorii·Jul 8, 2024From Passion to Persecution: How the Kremlin Chief Censor’s Cultural Dream Became a Russian NightmareAs the head of the presidential administration’s Public Projects Department, Sergey Novikov has the power to destroy an artist’s career over an anti-war letter. His department has gained notoriety for various reasons: spreading anti-Ukrainian narratives online, silencing Russia’s anti-war cultural figures, and conducting propaganda work in occupied Ukrainian territories. While Novikov was once considered a friend among journalistic circles, he now engages in cultural censorship.Andrei Pertsev·Svetlana ReiterVazhnye Istorii·Jun 4, 2024"Ukraine created Lenin." How the presidential administration evaluates Vladimir PutinShe uses focus groups to collect “emotional reactions” to his speeches The presidential administration monitors how people react to Vladimir Putin's statements, which he does during his speeches. This is engaged in the propaganda organization of ANO “Dialog”, about which “important stories” were described in detail here . She holds special focus groups, whose participants evaluate the real time what was said by the president.Andrei PertsevMeduza·May 16, 2024‘Putin always chooses the best’Here’s how the Kremlin wants its propagandists to cover Russia’s cabinet shakeup Vyacheslav Prokofyev / Russian Presidential Administration / ZUMA Press Wire / Scanpix / LETA Vladimir Putin meets with his new cabinet As the dust settles on Vladimir Putin’s post-inauguration cabinet reshuffle, the presidential administration has issued a new set of media guidelines for its propagandists.Andrei PertsevMeduza·May 16, 2024“Putin chooses the best. His selection of candidates is unmistakable ""Medusa" studied the Kremlin's training manual about how propagandists should talk about rearrangements in the government Vyacheslav Prokofiev / Administration of the President of the Russian Federation / Zuma Press Wire / Scanpix / Leta Vladimir Putin and the new government composition At the disposal of Medusa was the next training manual drawn up by the Presidential Administration (AP) of the Russian Federation for state and pro -government media.Andrei PertsevMeduza·May 14, 2024Patrushev was called the most influential security officer of Russia, and now he is Putin’s assistant in “shipbuilding”. Dyumin received a similar position, although he was seen the post of Minister of Defense. What does all this mean?RIA Novosti / satellite / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Alexey Dyumin and Vladimir Putin. 2022 On the morning of May 14, the Kremlin’s website published a new composition of the leadership of the Presidential Administration (AP) of the Russian Federation. Many key officials retained positions, among them - the head of the Anton Vaino, as well as his first deputy Sergei Kiriyenko (is responsible for domestic politics) and Alexei Gromov (the main curator of pro -government media).Andrei PertsevMeduza·May 13, 2024Why will the new Minister of Defense be economist Belousov? Why did Shoigu fired? And what will change now?We are trying to answer the main questions about the main rearrangement in the Government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Astakhov / satellite / Imago Images / Scanpix / Leta Andrey Belousov and Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov On the evening of May 12, Vladimir Putin resigned from the post of Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu. His place after a formal statement in the Federation Council will be occupied by Andrei Belousov, a former Deputy Prime Minister on Economic Affairs. Why exactly he?Meduza·May 8, 2024‘I’m going to make him a star’Yaroslav Dronov was the frontman of a struggling cover band. Then he married a PR agent and became Shaman — wartime Russia’s most famous singer. Before he became Shaman, Yaroslav Dronov competed in televised singing competitions and performed in a struggling cover band. In 2017, his whirlwind marriage to well-known PR agent Elena Martynova — a top manager at Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s holding company USM — took Moscow’s glitterati by surprise.Andrei PertsevMeduza·May 6, 2024"Officials want to move"May 7 - the next inauguration of Putin, and then the update of the government. Here are what permutations are the sources of Medusa, close to the Kremlin Mikhail Metzel / Sputnik / Imago Images / Scanpix / Leta On the eve of the next inauguration of Vladimir Putin, appointed on May 7, representatives of Russian elites began to discuss rumors even more actively about who (and in what positions) would be included in the updated government.Andrei PertsevMeduza·May 1, 2024The Kremlin promised career growth in exchange for work in occupied Ukraine. That didn’t happen — and officials are catching on.AFP / Scanpix / LETA Russia’s “presidential elections” in occupied Donetsk. March 16, 2024. Since the summer of 2022, the Putin administration has been enticing career officials to work in Ukraine’s occupied territories by promising them unbeatable salaries and promotions afterwards. Many bureaucrats have answered the call, happy to do the Kremlin’s bidding in a war zone if it means eventually getting a governorship back in Russia.Andrei PertsevPrevious123...103NextShow more