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New Policy Memo: Civil Society and the Second “Putinshchina”

  • September 20, 2013
  • James Richter
In the first year of Vladimir Putin’s second presidency, apparently in response to the mass demonstrations of the last election cycle, the Kremlin launched a comprehensive campaign to intimidate, stigmatize,…

Civil Society and the Second Putinshchina

  • September 18, 2013
  • James Richter
In the first year of Vladimir Putin’s second presidency, apparently in response to the mass demonstrations of the last election cycle, the Kremlin launched a comprehensive campaign to intimidate, stigmatize,…

Civil Society in the New Authoritarianism

  • July 23, 2012
  • James Richter
Russian prime minister and former president Vladimir Putin’s efforts to strengthen the Russian state are well-known. His consistent advocacy of a strong society is less so. In this respect, Putin’s…

‘A Sense of His Soul’: The Relation between Presidents Putin and Bush

  • July 23, 2012
  • James Richter
It is an unfortunate truism that relations between the United States and Russia depend a great deal on the interpersona l connection between the two countries. Of course, personalities do not determine…

U.S. Assistance to Russian NGOs: Securing Global Governance from Below

  • July 23, 2012
  • James Richter
This memorandum argues that President George W. Bush’s administration should complement its diplomatic rapprochement with Russia with continued, even enhanced, support for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the Russian Third Sector.…

The Case for Assisting Russian NGOs

  • July 23, 2012
  • James Richter
The last year has not been a happy one for Russian non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The government has forced them to undergo an expensive process of reregistration, introduced legislation that would…

Promoting Activism or Professionalism in Russia’s Civil Society?

  • July 23, 2012
  • James Richter
Most scholars and development professionals agree that a stable democracy requires a strong civil society. For this reason, many assistance agencies rightfully have made promoting civil society a key objective…

Promoting a Strong Civil Society: US Foreign Assistance and Russian NGOs

  • July 23, 2012
  • James Richter
In February 1997, President Clinton launched the Partnership for Freedom, a new program of bilateral assistance for democracy promotion in Russia and the other NIS countries. This program asks for…
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