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“From Russia With Love”: The Kremlin’s COVID-19 Charm Offensive

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The pandemic presented Russia’s long-serving, authoritarian government with a rare and ongoing opportunity to advance its interests vis-à-vis the West. Chaotic responses nearby in the EU and…

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Regime and the Opposition at the Regional Elections 2020: Between the Demand for Change and the Status Quo

(RAD) Abstract: On September 11–13, 2020, Russians elected 18 governors and 11 subnational legislatures. The “single voting day,” which due to the Covid-19 pandemic stretched over three days, took place in the…

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PONARS Eurasia Scholars on Alexei Navalny’s return to Russia

(Washington Post) On Jan. 17, Alexei Navalny, perhaps the best-known domestic critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, returned to Russia in dramatic fashion after recovering in Germany from what he claims was deliberate poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok, allegedly by agents of the…

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Navalny returns to Russia and brings anti-Putin politics with him

(The Conversation) Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny and his team have stunned the Russian government again, forcing President Vladimir Putin and his allies to confront significant protest led by a foe…

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Dueling for the Soul of Russia

(Transitions) Alexei Navalny’s return to Moscow on 17 January is a pivotal moment in Russian history. His decision to go home after five months recuperating in Berlin was an act of…

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As Anger at Ruling Regime Boils Over, Putin Strikes Hard Against Dissent

(Moscow Times) Many now consider “Putin’s Palace” — that jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny exposed in a YouTube video that has garnered more than 80 million views in a matter of…

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Putin’s new war on the opposition suggests he sees it as a real threat

(Washington Post) Alexei Navalny, the opposition leader who returned to Russia last week after recovering in Berlin from an attempt on his life involving a military nerve agent, presented Russian President…

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Gel’man: After the mass anti-government protests in 2011 and 2012, the Kremlin turned carnivorous

(Washington Post) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime has started to rely more on repression as a central tool, culminating in the arrest of the opposition politician Alexei Navalny and Saturday’s crackdown on protesters. It’s not unusual for autocratic…

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Putin, Russia, and the moral imperative of the West

(LSE) Imagine a world stripped of the basic elements of human decency, honesty, and honour, a world where the primordial instinct of greed, accumulation, avarice, and lust for endless power trumps…

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Back to Square One

(Moscow-on-Thames) The dust hasn’t yet settled, but we can draw some early conclusions from today’s protests in Russia. In a nutshell, the Kremlin and the opposition are at a stalemate. I don’t…

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“From Russia With Love”: The Kremlin’s COVID-19 Charm Offensive

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Putin, Russia, and the moral imperative of the West

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