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Russia Seeks to Exploit Escalating Troubles in the Middle East

(EDM) Russia tries to maintain a finger in every conflict in the Middle East, and President Vladimir Putin seeks to cultivate connections with various parties in multiple quarrels. Presently, however, the…

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Sonin: There will be no exit from Russia’s economic stagnation if counter sanctions and Internet restrictions are not lifted

(MEMRI) Mk.ru surveyed three world class expatriate economists: Sergei Guriev the chief economist of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, former deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation and…

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Expectations for Kyiv-Moscow Relations After Ukraine’s Presidential Election

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) At first glance, Ukraine’s recent presidential election further confirmed the dramatic decrease of Russian influence in Ukraine. Not a single candidate based his or her campaign on…

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Memory of the War and Other Memories in Russia

(Point & Counterpoint) The May 9 Victory Day over Nazi Germany has long been the main Russian national holiday, the principal day on which Russians turn to the past. In recent…

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Russia’s Struggle Over the Meaning of the 1990s and the Keys to Kremlin Power

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The days of political promise the Russian liberal opposition enjoyed during 2011-12 when the “angry urbanites” protested against the regime, are long over. The Russian “progressive era”…

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Russia’s “Opposition at a Distance”: The Liberal, Anti-Putin, and Pro-Western Consortia Outside Russian Borders

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Various Russian opposition groups operate outside of Russia articulating and promoting a normative type of political discourse grounded in values of freedom, democracy, and rule of…

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Economic Sanctions and Public Opinion: Survey Experiments From Russia

(Comparative Political Studies) Abstract: Do economic sanctions turn the public against the target government or cause it to rally around the flag? How do sanctions affect attitudes toward the sanctioner?…

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A New Turn of the Kremlin’s Anti-Extremist Policy

(Point & Counterpoint) The anti-extremist legislation is a fairly broad, flexible toolkit that is well adapted to legal abuse; it is a striking example of what, early in Vladimir Putin’s…

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New Russians – Putin’s passport politics & Zelensky

(Moscow-on-Thames) It’s always hard to tell, but I don’t think that Vladimir Putin is planning to ramp up Russia’s war with Ukraine. At least, not today. Three levels of background are…

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Russia Undecided and Apprehensive About Elections in Ukraine

(EDM) The second round of the presidential elections in Ukraine, held last Sunday (April 21), was a rather unconventional democratic exercise. And for millions of keen followers in Russia, who…

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Russia Seeks to Exploit Escalating Troubles in the Middle East

Sonin: There will be no exit from Russia’s economic stagnation if counter sanctions and Internet restrictions are not lifted

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Memory of the War and Other Memories in Russia

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Russia Undecided and Apprehensive About Elections in Ukraine