They All Are Doing Badly: Ukrainians Opinions About Governance During the Pandemic

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) What do Ukrainians think about the responses of their leaders to the COVID-19 pandemic? How have urban Ukrainians assessed local versus national institutions over these difficult…

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Russians in the Far East have been protesting for weeks. What does that say about democracy in Russia?

(Monkey Cage) In Khabarovsk, a Russian city nearly 4,000 miles east of Moscow, thousands of people have been protesting President Vladimir Putin for more than three weeks. The protesters want the Kremlin to…

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Giuliano and Frye Discuss Khabarovsk Protests with VOA (in Russian)

(VOA) (Harriman Institute) Elise Giuliano (Lecturer in Discipline) and Timothy Frye (Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy) discuss the protests in Khabarovsk on Aleksandr Gerasimov’s webcast, Ono Vam Nado? (Do You Need This?) on the VOA Russian Service.…

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Is the Risk of Ethnic Conflict Growing in Ukraine?

(Foreign Affairs) New Laws Could Create Dangerous Divisions. he Ukrainian presidential election is only weeks away, and its outcome is highly uncertain. President Petro Poroshenko is lagging in the pollsbehind Volodymyr…

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Ukrainians are getting less divided by language, not more. Here’s the research.

(WP) The journal Post-Soviet Affairs recently published a special issue on politics and identity in Ukraine. The question of Russian vs. Ukrainian identity has been central to the study of Ukrainian politics for decades…

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Identity Politics in Times of Crisis: Ukraine as a Critical Case | Giuliano, Hale, Kulyk, Pop-Eleches, Robertson, Shevel, and more

(Post-Soviet Affairs) Introduction: Studying identity in Ukraine—While it is common wisdom that “identity matters” in Ukrainian politics, we still lack a robust understanding of precisely when and how it matters.…

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Giuliano: There’s no way that Putin could be this popular and the system could work this well if he hadn’t destroyed independent media

(T-Vogue) Vladimir Putin won his fourth term as president on Sunday, March 18, and will continue to lead Russia for the next six years. Before Sunday’s results came in, some election-watchers had…

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Giuliano: Many Russian citizens don’t realize they can’t buy certain goods because of Russian sanctions on trade with Europe

(Newsweek) Congress and millions across the country have called for punishing Russia over its meddling and interference in the 2016 election that saw President Donald Trump rise to the nation’s highest political…

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How Changing Ukrainian Society Impacts the Chances for Peace | Charap, Giuliano, Alexseev (Part 1 of 2)

Last month a major battle broke out between Russian-backed insurgents and Ukrainian forces in the town of Avdiivka in Ukraine. Alongside the return of such violence in the Donbas, Ukrainian…

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The Origins of Separatism: Popular Grievances in Donetsk and Luhansk

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) What were the origins of separatism in the Donbas? When the Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) and the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) were first proclaimed in early…

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Russians in the Far East have been protesting for weeks. What does that say about democracy in Russia?

Giuliano and Frye Discuss Khabarovsk Protests with VOA (in Russian)

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Giuliano: There’s no way that Putin could be this popular and the system could work this well if he hadn’t destroyed independent media

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