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Smyth: Smart Vote did not increase turnout in Russia but it influenced the election’s outcome

(The Print) Russian voters are looking beyond President Putin and Putinism for solutions to everyday problems. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ruling party, United Russia, eked out a majority in the Moscow municipal…

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No Fanfare for Russia’s Reduced-Scale Strategic Exercises

(EDM) Russia’s annual major autumnal exercises are usually accompanied by a loud propaganda campaign advertising the country’s military might; this year, however, official reporting on the Tsentr 2019 war games was…

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Of Putin and Xi – Russian Roulette Podcast with Hilary Appel

In this episode of Russian Roulette, Jeff Mankoff sits down with Hilary Appel, the Podlich Family Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College in California.…

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Moscow’s municipal elections illustrate the growing political crisis in Russia

(The Cconversation) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ruling party, United Russia, eked out a majority in the Moscow municipal legislature in elections on Sept. 8. While Putin’s regime touted the outcome as a…

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Russia’s Naval Strategy in the Mediterranean

(RMR blog) One more in the series of policy briefs on Russian strategic culture and leadership decision-making, written for a collaborative project organized by the Marshall Center with support from the…

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Moshes: Political solidarity is there, but Russia clearly wanted to receive more from China

(Edgemarkets) Chinese Premier Li Keqiang kicked off a three-day visit to Moscow on Monday, where he hopes to counter the effects of the US trade war with agriculture deals. But…

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A surprising connection between civilizational identity and succession expectations among Russian elites

(Post-Soviet Affairs) We know from prior research that non-democratic regimes can become vulnerable when elites anticipate succession at the top, but we know little about what shapes these elites’ expectations. This…

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Chinese and Russian Creditors in Venezuela: Oil Collapse and Political Survival

(PONARS EURASIA Policy Memo) Nicolás Maduro has managed to contain a “military-backed challenge” from interim National Assembly President Juan Guaidó in April, but his grip on power remains tenuous given the…

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Strategic Russian Strategic Decision-Making in a Nordic Crisis

(RMR blog) Here’s the second in a series of policy briefs on Russian strategic culture and leadership decision-making, written for a collaborative project organized by the Marshall Center with support from…

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Taylor: The authorities thought it was better to take the protests over the summer than it would be to steal the elections in September

(VOX) Russians across the country voted this weekend, but everyone was watching city council elections in Moscow. That’s because this summer, tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters took to Moscow’s streets, demanding…

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Smyth: Smart Vote did not increase turnout in Russia but it influenced the election’s outcome

No Fanfare for Russia’s Reduced-Scale Strategic Exercises

Of Putin and Xi – Russian Roulette Podcast with Hilary Appel

Moscow’s municipal elections illustrate the growing political crisis in Russia

Russia’s Naval Strategy in the Mediterranean

Moshes: Political solidarity is there, but Russia clearly wanted to receive more from China

A surprising connection between civilizational identity and succession expectations among Russian elites

Chinese and Russian Creditors in Venezuela: Oil Collapse and Political Survival

Strategic Russian Strategic Decision-Making in a Nordic Crisis

Taylor: The authorities thought it was better to take the protests over the summer than it would be to steal the elections in September