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Gulnaz Sharafutdinova

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Russia’s New Political Momentum
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Russia’s New Political Momentum

  • February 10, 2021
  • Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
(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…

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

  • July 13, 2020
  • Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
(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?

  • April 16, 2020
  • Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
(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

  • May 7, 2019
  • Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
(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

  • May 15, 2018
  • Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
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

  • May 11, 2018
  • Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
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

  • April 26, 2016
  • Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
(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

  • December 16, 2015
  • Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
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

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Policy Memo: Emotions, Cognition, and the Societal Dynamics of East-West Polarization

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  • Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
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