Special Series: The Kremlin Wars

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev's Deputy Chief of Staff Vladislav Surkov supports a plan that would reform the Russian economy -- and divest his chief rival of power. [more]

The civiliki, a group of lawyers and technocrats including Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, have a plan to reform Russia's economy, but success is far from guaranteed. [more]

A new conflict among Russia's political clans is emerging as a new force, the civiliki, attempt to exploit Russia's economic crisis as an opportunity to reshape the country. [more]

Having sidelined the oligarchs and tightened its grip on the Russian economy, the Kremlin can either move to establish a firm state-directed economic system or begin to compensate for some of the Russian economy's fundamental weaknesses by attracting investment and capital from abroad. [more]

STRATFOR introduces The Kremlin Wars, a five-part series on the ambitious plan by one group within the Kremlin to repair the Russian economy, the impact of that plan on the equilibrium of Russian power and the dilemma Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin now faces in trying to keep Russia politically stable as well as economically sound. [more]