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Ready to Protest? Calculating Protest Potential in Russian Regional Capitals

In recent years, massive urban protests have taken place in the post-Soviet space. Some demonstrations have contributed to political change, like in Ukraine, while elsewhere, they made no difference or…

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Contentious Cities: Urban Conflicts in Russian Millionniks

This past January, residents of Troitsk, a research town (naukograd) of over 60,000 inhabitants to the southwest of Moscow, gathered to protest against the cutting down of a forest for…

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Influencers, Echo Chambers, and Epistemic Bubbles: Russia’s Academic Discourse in the Wake of the War in Ukraine

Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine and Russian troops’ atrocities against the Ukrainian people have unleashed an outpouring of condemnation around the world. Sweeping economic sanctions imposed on Moscow have spilled over…

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The Changing “De-facto State Playbook”: From Opportunism to Strategic Calculation

We see clear signs that Russia has been applying a “de facto state playbook” in the Ukrainian territories it has seized since the beginning of its war on Ukraine. This…

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The Expanding Russian Cossack Movement: A Social Base for Putinism

On November 27, 2018, the leaders of the 11 Cossack hosts convened in a hall in Moscow and agreed to establish an “All-Russian Cossack Organization” into which they would be…

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International Society Must Act in the Wake of Russia’s Failed Opposition

(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) The failure to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin’s accumulation of power made possible his invasion of Ukraine. If Russian society hopes to prevent future tragedies, ordinary citizens…

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Did Russia Put Its Geopolitical Glasses Back On? It Never Took Them Off in the First Place

(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) In the early morning hours of February 24, Russia began an all-out invasion of Ukraine, leaving the majority of observers wondering about the logic behind the move.…

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Is Putin’s Popularity (Still) Real? A Cautionary Note on Using List Experiments to Measure Popularity in Authoritarian Regimes

Questions about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s popularity are inextricable from discussions about Russia’s war on Ukraine. The Russian government has expended great effort selling the war to the Russian population,…

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Russia’s Right-Wing Reactions to the War

Russia’s right-wing realm consists of two segments: the mainstream right and the far right. The first is a faction of the ruling elite, while the second leads a largely oppositional…

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Time to Question Russia’s Imperial Innocence

President Vladimir Putin has successfully mobilized a sense of militant patriotism in the Russian public to wage war in Ukraine. The Kremlin’s propaganda builds on seeing Russia as both victimized…

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Ready to Protest? Calculating Protest Potential in Russian Regional Capitals

Contentious Cities: Urban Conflicts in Russian Millionniks

Influencers, Echo Chambers, and Epistemic Bubbles: Russia’s Academic Discourse in the Wake of the War in Ukraine

The Changing “De-facto State Playbook”: From Opportunism to Strategic Calculation

The Expanding Russian Cossack Movement: A Social Base for Putinism

International Society Must Act in the Wake of Russia’s Failed Opposition

Did Russia Put Its Geopolitical Glasses Back On? It Never Took Them Off in the First Place

Is Putin’s Popularity (Still) Real? A Cautionary Note on Using List Experiments to Measure Popularity in Authoritarian Regimes

Russia’s Right-Wing Reactions to the War

Time to Question Russia’s Imperial Innocence