Ágnes Gereben

ÁGNES GEREBEN (1947) PhD, a historian of modern Russia, teaches at Central European University, Budapest. She was a Senior Research Associate at the Department of Cultural History at Eötvös Loránd University (1986–2008). She has published studies and articles on Anton Chekhov, Isaak Babel, the persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church after 1917, the Gulag, the history of Soviet Jewry, Russian exiles in the West, and on the society and economy of the successor states of the Soviet Union. On these subjects, she is regularly featured in the electronic media.

RUSSIA’S ENERGY WEAPON

In 2011 and 2012 Vladimir Putin said on more than one occasion that Russia had managed to avoid the world economic and financial crisis thanks to the policies of the Kremlin. In several respects, this was true – but not so much in the energy sector, so vital to Russian

2013.01.09.

THE BIG COMEBACK: THE THIRD PRESIDENCY OF VLADIMIR PUTIN

It would be a mistake to believe that in May 2012, after two terms as president, Vladimir Putin was able to pick up where he left off four years ago – formally bowing to a constitutional provision. Both Putin and Russia itself have changed a great deal since 1 January

2012.07.15.

PUTIN OR MEDVEDEV

Preparing for the 2012 Elections Sergey Brin, one of the two inventors and billionaire owners of Google, the world’s largest Internet company, emigrated from Russia in 1979 at the early age of six. He described his country as “Nigeria with snow, controlled by a bunch of cowboys”. The question is,

2011.09.11.

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