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Lankina: “There is such a thing as ‘dictator envy,’ and that’s not just in regards to Putin and Trump”

(BBC Radio 4) Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Sarah Kendall, Ellie Taylor, Luke Kempner, Pippa Evans and Dr. Tomila Lankina to present the news via topical stand up…

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It’s Not All Negative: Russian Media’s Flexible Coverage of Protest as a Regime Survival Strategy

(PONARS Policy Memo) Pundits continue to debate whether economic shocks, public discontent at home, and isolation abroad will shake President Vladimir Putin’s regime. Much of the commentary on Putin’s survival…

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Russia’s Foreign Policy: Ideas, Domestic Politics and External Relations

(Palgrave Studies in International Relations) The Ukraine crisis in 2014 took many observers by surprise. Its magnitude and implications necessitate a better understanding of the drivers of Russia's actions in…

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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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Russian citizens owe it to Boris Nemtsov to keep the hope of democracy in Russia alive

(LSE Blogs) I first heard of Boris Nemtsov when I was a young Russian graduate student in America in the mid-1990s contemplating pursuing a PhD in Russian regional politics. For a…

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Two Guys Discussing Russia: Could there be a Maidan in Moscow?

(Video Series) (Special Guest!) Russian politics is increasingly unpredictable. In order to help clarify the issues, Robert Orttung and Sufian Zhemukhov, on their talk show “Two Guys Discussing Russia over Pastries,” invited Tomila Lankina to address…

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