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Currency Crises in Post-Soviet Russia

(Russian Review) (Co-authored by David Woodruff) Abstract: Currency crises have been a recurrent feature of Russia's post-Soviet experience. This article examines three episodes of sudden and sharp ruble depreciation in 1998,…

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Szakonyi: The Russian regime sees the smaller elections as a test run in part of its strategy to remain in power

(Newsweek) Russian President Vladimir Putin suffered a major blow in Sunday’s nationwide elections—or did he? Russia's United Democrats—a liberal party that stands in opposition to the Kremlin—saw several shocking upset victories in…

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Putin Goes East, but Offers No Solution for North Korean Problem

(EDM) The fast-escalating crisis in East Asia, driven by the chain of nuclear and missile provocations by the North Korean regime, has upset the carefully prepared agendas of regional politics. In…

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Baev: I am not sure that Russia’s role in managing the North Korea crisis is meaningful

(Globe and Mail) He is the reigning bad boy of global affairs, a nemesis of American presidents and an antagonist who flouts international borders and diplomatic protocols. So how did Vladimir…

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Glass Half Empty

(Moscow-on-Thames) In case you were wondering what a stolen election looks like, this is it. Russians went to the polls yesterday for what will be the last major round of voting before…

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Marten: It would be surprising if Russia did not try a campaign in Germany; Putin’s career history is centered on Dresden

(DW) Facebook’s disclosure of a likely Russia-linked advertising campaign appears plausible. The revelation raises new questions about the Trump campaign and highlights an old misunderstanding by the Kremlin. How credible is…

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All In

(Moscow-on-Thames) The cells in Russia’s jails reserved for political prisoners, like nature, apparently abhor a vacuum. No sooner had Russia’s prisons and labor colonies begun to discharge the last of…

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The most significant political science studies on Russia in 2015-2017

(HSE) Economic and political commentator Boris Grozovsky compiled a list of the most significant political science scholarship on Russia in 2015-2017. Numerous PONARS Eurasia members were among the authors listed (Vladimir Gelman, Graham…

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This was meant to happen

(Moscow-on-Thames) This is what Russia’s financial markets did in the aftermath of the announcement that the Government and Central Bank were moving to take over the country’s largest private lender,…

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Lyall: It’s not clear how many of these initiatives (Pakistan, India, Russia) can be done without a fully-staffed State Dept.

(The Wire) New Delhi: Even as there is quiet elation in the Indian and Afghan establishments over US President Donald Trump’s speech on South Asia in which he lambasted Pakistan for providing a “safe…

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Currency Crises in Post-Soviet Russia

Szakonyi: The Russian regime sees the smaller elections as a test run in part of its strategy to remain in power

Putin Goes East, but Offers No Solution for North Korean Problem

Baev: I am not sure that Russia’s role in managing the North Korea crisis is meaningful

Glass Half Empty

Marten: It would be surprising if Russia did not try a campaign in Germany; Putin’s career history is centered on Dresden

All In

The most significant political science studies on Russia in 2015-2017

This was meant to happen

Lyall: It’s not clear how many of these initiatives (Pakistan, India, Russia) can be done without a fully-staffed State Dept.