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Why the Kremlin Is Targeting NGOs

(Moscow Times) The authorities have initiated an unprecedented campaign against nongovernmental organizations, conducting burdensome inspections of their offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Perm, Krasnodar, Vladivostok, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don and dozens of…

От федерации корпораций к федерации регионов

«Утверждение, что при Путине произошло резкое усиление Центра и централизация государства, не совсем верно: баланс между центральным и региональным уровнями власти действительно изменился в пользу центрального, но было бы неправильно…

Пробуждается ли российское общество?

В декабре 2011 года долго до этого дремавший вулкан общественной активности в России начал пробуждаться, привлекая внимание к российской внутренней политике мировых СМИ, ещё недавно рассказывавших о событиях «арабской весны».…

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Russian Nationalists Protest Putin, Eye Mainstream

(AP) MOSCOW — Thousands of nationalists marched through Moscow on Sunday chanting slogans such as "Russia for the Russians" to protest President Vladimir Putin's government, which they accuse of lavishing…

Is Russian Society Waking Up?

In December 2011, a volcano of social activism that had long been dormant started to erupt in Russia, thrusting the country’s domestic politics into headlines around a world recently captivated…

Russian Opposition Elects Its Leaders Online

(AP) President Vladimir Putin has had nothing but mockery for the protesters who have taken to the streets against him in unprecedented numbers. Russia's opposition, he said, is no more…

Надутые грубо

(Грани.pу) Прошедшие в воскресенье выборы должны были дать ответ на ряд важных для политического режима вопросов, и прежде всего на вопрос о том, возможно ли жить дальше без серьезных изменений избирательной…

Why the Kremlin Is Still Afraid of Elections

(Moscow Times) Regional elections, which will be held in less than two weeks, will be the first since the State Duma elections last December that sparked the mass protest movement.…

Russia’s ‘Over-Managed Democracy’ in Crisis

Two years ago, when evaluating the hybrid regime of “over-managed democracy” (OMD) that Vladimir Putin constructed during his two presidential terms, I concluded that this regime was transitory; it had…

Russia’s Orange Revolution Syndrome

The victory of Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine’s 2010 presidential election called into question the significance of the Orange Revolution both in Ukraine and in the post-Soviet world at large. In…

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