Scant Foreign Policy Choices for a Troubled and Divided Russia
(EDM) For months, and particularly during the end of June and start of July, Russian politics was centered on ensuring the desired result in the vote on the set of amendments…
New Podcast: Russia’s Memory Wars with Aleksey Miller
In this week’s episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Aleksey Miller (European University at Saint Petersburg) to learn more about historical memory in Russia, and ongoing…
Petrov: No one was really counting results seriously and it was just up to the Kremlin on how to report this as a triumphant victory
(Newsweek) An election expert in Russia has cried foul over the vote on constitutional amendments which may cement President Vladimir Putin’s hold on power until 2036. The ballot which ended…
What’s Vladimir Putin’s end game? Other post-Soviet autocrats give a few clues.
(Monkey Cage) Russia’s constitution, at least before this week’s referendum, would have required Vladimir Putin to step down from the Russian presidency in 2024, at the end of his second consecutive…
Russia’s referendum could keep Vladimir Putin in power until 2036. What do high-ranking Russians think?
(Monkey Cage) Russians vote today on constitutional amendments that would allow President Vladimir Putin to remain in office until the year 2036, thanks to changes to Russia’s presidential term limits. Putin recently justified these reforms as necessary…
Urban Sustainability in the Arctic: Measuring Progress in Circumpolar Cities
(Berghahn Books) Urban Sustainability in the Arctic advances our understanding of cities in the far north by applying elements of the international standard for urban sustainability (ISO 37120) to numerous Arctic cities.…
From Ostentatious Parade to Fraudulent Vote, Putin Tries to Cement His Crumbling Rule
(EDM) As the tanks rolled off Moscow’s Red Square last Wednesday (June 24), the Russian propaganda machine instantly switched from glorifying extra-modern militarism to trumpeting the next pivotal political event—the public…
Petrov: The scale of the reform was absolutely surprising. It will make Putin’s position comfortable enough to not be opposed
(Euronews) Russia is set to hold a July 1 referendum that could see President Vladimir Putin stay in power until 2036. The vote will be over whether to accept constitution changes that…
Cold War Legacy of Science Cooperation Offers Hope Today
(RAD) Abstract: Although current political tensions hinder international studies in the Arctic, science partnerships helped tunnel through barriers during the Cold War. One of the most successful models of U.S.–Russian collaboration…
Russia’s Constitutional Amendments Keep Several Futures Open for Putin
(Russia Matters) On July 1, Russian citizens will be voting to approve amendments to the 1993 constitution, proposed by Vladimir Putin in January, planned for a vote in April and postponed to…
US–Russia Science Cooperation Today
(RAD) Abstract: U.S.–Russian scientific collaboration has a long history of engagement among the two scientific communities that persisted though the times of non-existent or bad relations between their governments. The…
Dubovyk: This habit of each new Ukrainian administration to prosecute its predecessors is not healthy
(Atlantic Council blog) Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko appeared in court on June 18 for a pretrial hearing on charges related to alleged abuse of office during his presidency. This is…