Opinion

OPINION: Russian oil and gas money helps prop up Putin as street protests are crushed

Strong Kremlin ties with state-controlled oil and gas corporations are aimed to secure uninterrupted flow of revenues that could support Putin's rule for years ahead

Suppression: Russian riot police search street protesters and push them into a bus during an evening rally in Moscow on 2 February 2021
Suppression: Russian riot police search street protesters and push them into a bus during an evening rally in Moscow on 2 February 2021Photo: AFP/SCANPIX
  • Vladimir Afanasiev
Moscow
Alexei NavalnyRussiaRosneftGazpromTransneft
Published 5 February 2021, 10:02Updated 5 February 2021, 10:02