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Andrei Semenov

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Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Affairs

Affiliation

Higher School of Economics (HSE), St. Petersburg Branch

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Higher School of Economics (HSE) (Bio)

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Comparative Politics, New Institutionalism, Political Institutions, Political Participation, Social Movements, Contentious Politics, Public Spheres

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Putin Fans or Kremlin Bots? War and Mobilization Across Russian Social Media Platforms

(RE: Russia) If you are communicating on a social media site or just scrolling your timeline, and you think you are simply observing a cross-section of society and its responses to current events, then you are deeply mistaken. You…

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Contentious Cities: Urban Conflicts in Russian Millionniks

This past January, residents of Troitsk, a research town (naukograd) of over 60,000 inhabitants to the southwest of Moscow, gathered to protest against the cutting down of a forest for…

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This Time is Different (Again): The Political Consequences of the Economic Crisis in Russia

Russians have endured multiple crises in the post-Soviet period. “Shock therapy” in 1992, the August 1998 default, and the 2008-2009 global recession each had political consequences. Yet, the current economic…

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Organizational Resilience: Russian Civil Society in the Times of COVID-19

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) As the COVID-19 pandemic struck Russia in late March 2020 and state responses looked weak and indecisive, civil society did not hesitate to step in. For…

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Team Navalny and the Dynamics of Coercion: The Kremlin’s Reaction to Aleksei Navalny’s 2018 Presidential Campaign

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Authoritarian regimes frequently employ strategic coercion and repression to prevent or halt mobilization. Russia under Vladimir Putin is not an exception. As the regime became more repressive…

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Taming the Leviathan: How Russians Learn to Counter the State

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Among the distinctive features of Vladimir Putin’s 20 years in power, the resurgence of the state stands apart. Considered necessary after the turbulent transition from communism in…

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Putin Fans or Kremlin Bots? War and Mobilization Across Russian Social Media Platforms

Contentious Cities: Urban Conflicts in Russian Millionniks

This Time is Different (Again): The Political Consequences of the Economic Crisis in Russia

Organizational Resilience: Russian Civil Society in the Times of COVID-19

Team Navalny and the Dynamics of Coercion: The Kremlin’s Reaction to Aleksei Navalny’s 2018 Presidential Campaign

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A Rock and A Hard Place: The Russian Opposition in a Time of War