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Why are Russians protesting? Eight PONARS Eurasia experts explain

(Monkey Cage blog) Joshua Tucker asked eight PONARS Eurasia experts on Russian politics: Do the protests that took place across 99 cities in Russia on Sunday signify that meaningful change in Russian politics is likely?…

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Authoritarian Modernization in Russia

(Routledge) Post-Communist Russia is an instance of the phenomenon of authoritarian modernization project, which is perceived as a set of policies intended to achieve a high level of economic development, while…

Correction of Errors: How the Kremlin Re-Equilibrated Authoritarian Elections in 2016

(PONARS Policy Memo) After Russia’s wave of protest during the 2011-2012 election cycle, the country’s authorities embarked on an effort to prevent anti-regime mass mobilization during subsequent election periods. They made…

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Gel’man: Portraying U.S. elections by the Russian media in 2016 is not much different than in 1980

(NBC News) Some Russians may like Donald Trump's preference for gilded décor and colorful comments, but they still find the Republican presidential candidate a bit too unpredictable, according to natives and…

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New Journal: Russian Politics | Article by Gel’man: “The Politics of Fear”

Russian Politics is an international, peer-reviewed journal examining the scholarship of intersections between on the one hand, Russian studies, and on the other hand Politics, Law, Economics and Russian history.…

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Russian/Soviet Studies in the United States, Amerikanistika in Russia

(New Book) The contributors in this interdisciplinary collection address the problem of interconnection between the study of the “Other,” either Russian or American, and the shaping of national identities in the…

Revising Russia’s Economic Model: The Shift from Development to Geopolitics

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In July 2015, Finland denied entry to several Russian parliamentary deputies, including the chair of the State Duma, who planned to participate in an OSCE Parliamentary Assembly…

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New Book: Analyzing Post-Soviet Regime Changes

Russia today represents one of the major examples of the phenomenon of “electoral authoritarianism” which is characterized by adopting the trappings of democratic institutions (such as elections, political parties, and…

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Special Issue: State against Civil Society: Contentious Politics and the Non-Systemic Opposition in Russia

(Europe-Asia Studies) The wave of protests that shook the Russian capital and scores of Russian cities over the period 2011 to 2013 came as a great shock to the political…

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What does Boris Nemtsov’s murder mean for Russia?

(The Monkey Cage/WP) Like many others, I was shocked and saddened by last week’s murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who I actually had the pleasure of interviewing many years ago. In…

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Why are Russians protesting? Eight PONARS Eurasia experts explain

Authoritarian Modernization in Russia

Correction of Errors: How the Kremlin Re-Equilibrated Authoritarian Elections in 2016

Gel’man: Portraying U.S. elections by the Russian media in 2016 is not much different than in 1980

New Journal: Russian Politics | Article by Gel’man: “The Politics of Fear”

Russian/Soviet Studies in the United States, Amerikanistika in Russia

Revising Russia’s Economic Model: The Shift from Development to Geopolitics

New Book: Analyzing Post-Soviet Regime Changes

Special Issue: State against Civil Society: Contentious Politics and the Non-Systemic Opposition in Russia

What does Boris Nemtsov’s murder mean for Russia?