http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/artemy_troitsky en http://www.newstatesman.com/europe/2007/11/known-cultural-putin-russia http://www.newstatesman.com/europe/2007/11/known-cultural-putin-russia Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT Artemy Troitsky Even the most-travelled, open-minded Russians are singing Putin's tune, writes Artemy Troitsky, the country's best-known cultural journalist

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2007/04/yeltsin-elections-russian http://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2007/04/yeltsin-elections-russian Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMT Artemy Troitsky Russian 21st-century leaders don't bother to sweat. They either cancel elections or falsify them

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200611270027 http://www.newstatesman.com/200611270027 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:00:00 GMT Artemy Troitsky In Soviet times, to challenge the state was to risk one's freedom and one's life. But is it any different now in the new world of oligarchs and opulence? Here, Russia's best-known cultural journalist, Artemy Troitsky, fears for his country's future

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