Gulnaz Sharafutdinova

Roundtable on Gulnaz Sharafutdinova’s The Red Mirror

(Post-Soviet Affairs) In this roundtable, we bring together a distinguished groups of academics to discuss Gulnaz Sharafutdinova’s excellent new book, The Red Mirror: Putin’s Leadership and Russia’s Insecure Identity (Sharafutdinova…

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Russia’s New Political Momentum

(AIIA) Alexei Navalny’s return to Russia on 17 January 2021, his immediate arrest at the border, and a court verdict sentencing him to two years and eight months in jail started…

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Digital Technologies and Authoritarian Regimes: A Case of Pothole Management in Moscow

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Tahrir, Maidan, and Bolotnaya plazas—the public spaces associated with pro-democratic protests of the last decade—are located in the capital cities. Controlling public opinion in the capital…

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Are the ’90s Coming to Haunt Putin?

(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) Less than two months ago—a world apart—we were remembering Boris Nemtsov, five years after his passing. Nemtsov, who was shot dead in 2015 a few hundred meters…

Russia’s Struggle Over the Meaning of the 1990s and the Keys to Kremlin Power

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The days of political promise the Russian liberal opposition enjoyed during 2011-12 when the “angry urbanites” protested against the regime, are long over. The Russian “progressive era”…

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New Podcast: Sharafutdinova discusses the puzzle of Putin’s durable popularity

In this podcast, Gulnaz Sharafutdinova discusses the puzzle of Putin’s durable popularity and whether this stems from a unique sense of collective identity in Russia. “What explains Putin’s phenomenal popularity?…

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Putin’s Leadership and Soviet Legacies: Using International Contestation to Forge Domestic Unity

Gulnaz Sharafutdinova (King’s College London) discusses the puzzle of Putin’s durable popularity and whether this stems from a unique sense of collective identity in Russia. Sharafutdinova Podcast .mp3 Episode 18

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Coping with Economic Crisis in Russia’s Regions: the Case of Tatarstan

(RAD) Russia’s regional governments play a crucial role in maintaining social and economic stability in the country. This article looks at the main strategies developed by the government of the Republic of…

Экономический кризис, региональные финансы и реакция российского федерального центра

В России накапливаются экономические проблемы, связанные с ухудшающимся положением российской экономики, санкциями и девальвацией рубля. Растущая задолженность региональных бюджетов является одним из показателей того, что экономическое благополучие России улетучивается. Многие…

Economic Crisis, Regional Finance, and Federal Response in Russia

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Economic problems associated with Russia’s stagnating economy, sanctions, and ruble devaluation have been accumulating. The growing indebtedness of regional budgets is one indicator that Russia’s economic…

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