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Putin’s support is weakening. Will that show up in Russia’s regional elections this weekend?

(Monkey Cage) On Sunday, Russia will hold regional elections. Voters will cast ballots in some 9,000 races in 83 regions, with everything from elections to fill national legislature vacancies to elections for…

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Why Navalny had to leave

(Moscow-on-Thames) I’m struggling to decide whether the recent events surrounding Aleksei Navalny are more macabre, or more absurd. For the moment, at least, I’m going with macabre. That seems the only reasonable…

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Perspectives on the Structures and Limitations of Power in Russia

(Moscow-on-Thames) In a recent interview, timed to help drum up support for a constitutional reform that would strengthen the power of the presidency and potentially extend his rule until 2036, Vladimir…

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Protest, Revolution, Belarus

(Moscow-on-Thames blog) We should always retain the capacity to be surprised. I am not an expert on Belarus. I have done precious little research there, have few contacts and no…

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Greene: The most likely approach toward Khabarovsk is a strategy of attrition

(RTE) Protesters have poured onto the streets of the Russian city of Khabarovsk for the fourth weekend in a row. Journalists estimated turnout at around 30,000 people yesterday, while the…

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(De-)Mobilizing America

(Moscow-on-Thames) As Vladimir Putin launched the public campaign for his constitutional reform, he took the opportunity to tell Russia a bit about the United States, and about democracy in general. “What is democracy?” Putin asked (rhetorically, in…

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Greene: Even Russians who say they are supportive of Putin are also broadly supportive of the idea of democracy

(Newsweek) After coronavirus measures kept many Russians away from crowds for over two months, the country will take part in a collective event on July 1 that could lead to…

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Snegovaya: The Kremlin is very averse to anything that has to do with revolutions | Greene: Kremlin propagandists don’t need to spin this

(RFE/RL) The screen depicts the Statue of Liberty backdropped by a cloud-specked sky, its outstretched arm and crowned head superimposed over the body of an American police officer whose knee presses…

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Covid-19 in Russia (and not only)

(Wilson Center) “In a conversation with Samuel Greene, director of King’s Russia Institute, the Russia File discusses the Kremlin’s COVID-19 politics and Russian society’s newfound empowerment.” The Wilson Center (Soundcloud)…

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Petrov: The outbreak has reset the Kremlin’s political agenda | Greene: The risks of Putin looking out of touch are very real

(Gulf News) Russia has reported 2,558 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours [April 13] versus 2,186 mnew cases the previous day. A nationwide vote on April 22 was supposed to…

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Greene

Putin’s support is weakening. Will that show up in Russia’s regional elections this weekend?

Why Navalny had to leave

Perspectives on the Structures and Limitations of Power in Russia

Protest, Revolution, Belarus

Greene: The most likely approach toward Khabarovsk is a strategy of attrition

(De-)Mobilizing America

Greene: Even Russians who say they are supportive of Putin are also broadly supportive of the idea of democracy

Snegovaya: The Kremlin is very averse to anything that has to do with revolutions | Greene: Kremlin propagandists don’t need to spin this

Covid-19 in Russia (and not only)

Petrov: The outbreak has reset the Kremlin’s political agenda | Greene: The risks of Putin looking out of touch are very real