http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/orlando_figes en http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2007/11/russia-putin-soviet-power http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2007/11/russia-putin-soviet-power Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT Orlando Figes Putin has dismantled the fragile democracy of the 1990s, but has never been more popular. The New Statesman's special focus on Russia, its politics, culture and society with Lilia Shevtsova, Artemy Troitsky, Robin Strummer and more

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200210140033 http://www.newstatesman.com/200210140033 Mon, 14 Oct 2002 12:00:00 GMT Orlando Figes Pushkin's poetry, Tolstoy's novels, Stravinsky's music - Russia's golden age gave the people the spirit to endure the darkest moments of their history. Orlando Figes on the triumph of culture over politics

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