Though Surkov's exit may not usher in a vast political change, it is the end of an era for one of Putin's most powerful aides. And at Putin's court, personalities count for everything.

Henrietta Mondry, Evgeny Pavlov, RUSSIA’S FUTURES, FROM FAIRY TALES AND EDITORIALS TO KREMLIN NARRATIVES, New Zealand Slavonic Journal, Vol. 53/54, SPECIAL ISSUE: 30 YEARS AFTER THE BREAKUP OF THE ...

Vladislav Surkov, once a top advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the chief ideologist behind the "Novorossiya" project, has openly described the Kremlin’s expansionist ambitions in a ...

Vladislav Surkov, the Kremlin's chief ideologue and pointman on relations with Ukraine and Moscow-backed separatists, who was dismissed late Tuesday, was for many years viewed as one of Russia's ...