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Racializing Central Asia during the Russian-Ukrainian War: Migration Flows and Ethnic Hierarchies

This memo looks at three patterns of mobility into and out of Central Asia in the current period affected both by the war in Ukraine and historical structures of colonialism…

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Russia’s Cyberwar Against Ukraine: A De-Modernized Regime Against a Networked Society

Russia’s war against Ukraine has increased the intensity of Russian cyber operations compared to 2014-2021. However, this increase has not (yet) inflicted significant damage on Ukrainian infrastructure. Analytical reports published…

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Russia’s War on Ukrainian Farms

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022, Ukrainian farms have been under siege. This memo documents the damage inflicted on Ukrainian agricultural assets and production and draws…

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Cloudy Forecast for the Climate: Russia’s Climate Policy in a Time of War

How will the war in Ukraine affect Russia’s climate politics? Our research demonstrates that authoritarian regimes are not necessarily weak on climate policy. In fact, they may actively participate in…

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Putin’s Home Front: A War on Time

The Polish poet Zbigniew Herbert—born in what is today Ukrainian Lviv—famously dubbed Iosif Stalin the “Great Linguist,” a derisive reference to the Soviet dictator’s intellectual pretensions. Despite marked differences between Russian President…

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The EU Takes Aim at Russia’s Natural Gas Weak Spot

In mid-May, the European Commission introduced its “REPowerEU” plan, a response to recent developments in regional and global energy markets and, mainly, disruptions caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.…

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Fused and Diffused Systems of Public Power in Russia

The 2020 constitutional amendments changed Russia’s institutional design significantly. Apart from granting President Vladimir Putin the right to participate in subsequent presidential campaigns, one of the most controversial motions was de…

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Outsourcing Violence: Provocateurs and Power Struggles in Kazakhstan, January 2022

Authoritarian rulers in post-Soviet Eurasia draw upon an array of security and police force mechanisms to enforce loyalty and undermine opponents. Beyond these familiar, state-centered agents of repression, we observe…

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The Informational Dictator’s Dilemma: Citizen Responses to Media Censorship and Control in Russia and Belarus

In Russia and throughout much of the post-Soviet space, media are now less free than at any point since the end of the Soviet Union. Authoritarian regimes across the region…

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Ready to Protest? Calculating Protest Potential in Russian Regional Capitals

In recent years, massive urban protests have taken place in the post-Soviet space. Some demonstrations have contributed to political change, like in Ukraine, while elsewhere, they made no difference or…

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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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Influencers, Echo Chambers, and Epistemic Bubbles: Russia’s Academic Discourse in the Wake of the War in Ukraine

Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine and Russian troops’ atrocities against the Ukrainian people have unleashed an outpouring of condemnation around the world. Sweeping economic sanctions imposed on Moscow have spilled over…

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Policy Memos | Аналитика

Racializing Central Asia during the Russian-Ukrainian War: Migration Flows and Ethnic Hierarchies

Russia’s Cyberwar Against Ukraine: A De-Modernized Regime Against a Networked Society

Russia’s War on Ukrainian Farms

Cloudy Forecast for the Climate: Russia’s Climate Policy in a Time of War

Putin’s Home Front: A War on Time

The EU Takes Aim at Russia’s Natural Gas Weak Spot

Fused and Diffused Systems of Public Power in Russia

Outsourcing Violence: Provocateurs and Power Struggles in Kazakhstan, January 2022

The Informational Dictator’s Dilemma: Citizen Responses to Media Censorship and Control in Russia and Belarus

Ready to Protest? Calculating Protest Potential in Russian Regional Capitals

Contentious Cities: Urban Conflicts in Russian Millionniks

Influencers, Echo Chambers, and Epistemic Bubbles: Russia’s Academic Discourse in the Wake of the War in Ukraine