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Trump and Putin’s Pandemic Duet: Trump’s America Is Far More out of Tune

(CSIS) What do Texas and Sverdlovsk have in common? Remarkably, quite a bit. They’re both large, diverse, economically vital areas of their countries just emerging from a completely avoidable second wave…

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Gelman: The poisoning of Navalny may be connected with events in Belarus

(Pledge Times) Russian opposition leader, activist and founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) Alexei Navalnyi, 44, is a real “stick under the skin” for an influential district in the Kremlin. In recent years,…

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How Alexei Navalny revolutionized opposition politics in Russia, before his apparent poisoning

(The Conversation) The harrowing videos of Alexei Navalny, a blogger who has captured popular frustration in Russia, screaming in agony on Aug. 20, 2020 before being removed unconscious from a plane to a…

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Perspectives on the Structures and Limitations of Power in Russia

(Moscow-on-Thames) In a recent interview, timed to help drum up support for a constitutional reform that would strengthen the power of the presidency and potentially extend his rule until 2036, Vladimir…

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Haran: It is very important for Putin to say that a ceasefire is between Ukraine and pro-Russian proxies, rather than Ukraine and Russia

(dif.org.ua) I would like to share my thoughts on the ceasefire that was introduced one more time in the Donbas. Definitely, it is good to have a ceasefire. We don’t know…

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Votes and Voices Abroad For and Against Putin

(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) How do Russians in the West want to influence their country’s future? On July 1, Anton Konev drove two and a half hours from Albany, NY, to…

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Russia Approved a COVID Vaccine. Will It be Available in America?

(FiveThirtyEight) Russia is the first country to approve a vaccine for COVID-19 — reportedly by speeding through multiple steps in the testing process. Judy Twigg, a political scientist from Virginia…

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Frye: To be the first one out of the block with a coronavirus vaccine would be a real—pardon the pun—shot in the arm for the Kremlin

(WFMJ) WASHINGTON (AP) — No, Russia isn’t having a Sputnik moment. The announcement Tuesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country was the first to approve a coronavirus vaccine did not…

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Petrov: Moscow’s instructions on how to calculate deaths gave a lot of freedom to regional healthcare systems to underreport

(Moscow Times) The death toll from the coronavirus across many Russian regions could be many times higher than official statistics show, analysis of new data by The Moscow Times suggests.…

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Belarus without Lukashenko: How it became a realistic scenario

(FIIA Comment) Alexander Lukashenko’s “victory” in the election cannot bridge the gap between the president and the modern part of Belarusian society. Turbulent times may lie ahead for Belarus. This will…

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Trump and Putin’s Pandemic Duet: Trump’s America Is Far More out of Tune

Gelman: The poisoning of Navalny may be connected with events in Belarus

How Alexei Navalny revolutionized opposition politics in Russia, before his apparent poisoning

Perspectives on the Structures and Limitations of Power in Russia

Haran: It is very important for Putin to say that a ceasefire is between Ukraine and pro-Russian proxies, rather than Ukraine and Russia

Votes and Voices Abroad For and Against Putin

Russia Approved a COVID Vaccine. Will It be Available in America?

Frye: To be the first one out of the block with a coronavirus vaccine would be a real—pardon the pun—shot in the arm for the Kremlin

Petrov: Moscow’s instructions on how to calculate deaths gave a lot of freedom to regional healthcare systems to underreport

Belarus without Lukashenko: How it became a realistic scenario