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Sonin: I went and Smart Voted. I voted “against all”—against everyone who ruined the Moscow elections

(VOA) MOSCOW – Russian voters handed setbacks to Kremlin-affiliated candidates in Moscow and other local elections nationwide — losses that came despite a near total ban on opposition candidates that sparked…

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The Mueller Report and the Silence of the Experts

(Medium) The Mueller reports highlights many shortcomings in American democracy, but also reveals a deeper failure that informs our broader politics: the silence of the experts. Those well positioned to comment on…

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Ishchenko: Poroshenko’s strategy will be to “lose at least with some decent score”

(Foreign Policy) On Sunday night, it became clear that Petro Poroshenko may not be Ukraine’s president for much longer. Judging from the increasingly desperate and over-the-top rhetoric, he and his supporters…

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Will Ukraine’s Fractured Electorate Create Another Power Turnover?

(PONARS Eurasia) The first round of the presidential election in Ukraine on March 31 produced two frontrunners who will face each other in the run-off on April 21: challenger Volodymyr Zelensky (30.24…

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A comedian could be Ukraine’s next president. How did that happen?

(The Guardian) A politically inexperienced comedian, Volodymyr Zelenski is in the lead after the first round of presidential elections in Ukraine – and by a huge margin. He is almost 15…

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Administrative Mobilization and the Dynamics of Electoral Manipulations on Putin’s Presidential Election

(PONARS Policy Memo) Vladimir Putin’s new presidential term is shaping up to be the most complicated of his political career. According to the Russian Constitution, he is not allowed to…

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Russian Organized Crime and Electoral Processes

(PONARS Policy Memo) Russian organized crime has high levels of sophistication and well-developed networks of corruption. It influences a considerable portion of the economy and spills across national borders. In this regard,…

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Social Policy & Regime Type

(PONARS Eurasia) Providing things like healthcare and education are among the most basic services that modern governments provide. This makes the study of what is sometimes lumped together as the…

Russian Foreign Election Interventions Since 1991

(PONARS Policy Memo) Russian interference in the 2016 election in the United States is part of a long pattern of interference dating back to the early 1990s. What did Russia seek…

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Trump maintains ‘no collusion’ after Russian indictments | PBS Interview with Kimberly Marten

(PBS) The indictment by Special Counsel, Robert Mueller detailed a coordinated scheme by Russians to interfere in the U.S. electoral process, boost President Trumps presidential campaign and undermine Hillary Clinton. The…

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Sonin: I went and Smart Voted. I voted “against all”—against everyone who ruined the Moscow elections

The Mueller Report and the Silence of the Experts

Ishchenko: Poroshenko’s strategy will be to “lose at least with some decent score”

Will Ukraine’s Fractured Electorate Create Another Power Turnover?

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Administrative Mobilization and the Dynamics of Electoral Manipulations on Putin’s Presidential Election

Russian Organized Crime and Electoral Processes

Social Policy & Regime Type

Russian Foreign Election Interventions Since 1991

Trump maintains ‘no collusion’ after Russian indictments | PBS Interview with Kimberly Marten