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Russia Retreats From International Developments

(EDM) The end of April was extraordinarily rich in high-profile international events—and Russia was conspicuously absent from all these dynamics. The president of South Korea and the North Korean dictator planted…

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Armenian protesters brought down a prime minister. Here’s why they’re in the streets.

(Monkey Cage/WP) (Co-authored with Mariam Matevosyan) This month, mass protests in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, have forced the prime minister to resign — and put this nation’s political future up in the air.…

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Social Policy & Regime Type

(PONARS Eurasia) Providing things like healthcare and education are among the most basic services that modern governments provide. This makes the study of what is sometimes lumped together as the…

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Putin’s temporary dominance masks uncertain future

(The Hill) Since a dominant electoral victory earlier this year anointed him to a fourth presidential term, Russian President Vladimir Putin has had little to cheer about. In recent weeks Russia has suffered…

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Russia’s World Cup Opportunity

(Project Syndicate) MOSCOW – It is hard to imagine a positive headline this year featuring the words “Russia” and “global impact.” If anything, the international news media seem to be…

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День дождения

Сегодня день радостный и немножко грустный. Радостный, потому что это день рождения Дождя, ежегодный весенний «день дождения» с самым настоящим дождем, суматохой на канале и традиционным рок-концертом в Stadium LIVE,…

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When Does Corruption Matter?

(PONARS Eurasia) Corruption coupled with related economic stagnation has spurred waves of recent protests in countries like Russia in 2017 and, more recently, in Armenia in April 2018. But commentators…

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Отставка Саргсяна имеет не только внутриполитическое измерение

Серж Саргсян, занимавший в течение десяти лет пост президента Армении, а недавно утвержденный в качестве премьер-министра парламентской республики, ушел в отставку под давлением массовых протестов. Армянская общественность переполнена критицизмом по…

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Moscow Security Conference Soft Power Panel

(Russiamil blog) Today’s MCIS slides installment comes from Lt. General Sergey Kuralenko, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief for Peacekeeping Operations of the Russian Ground Forces. This comes from the breakout session on…

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If Putin has kompromat on Trump, how might he use it?

(WP) Imagine for one moment you are Vladimir Putin. Sitting on the desk in front of you is a file labeled “Trump, Donald.” Inside is a stack of documents your spy…

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Putin’s Leadership Is Reduced to Indecisive Posturing

(EDM) Grand geopolitical scheming took a break in Moscow last week. The main news—improbably—turned to the fiasco of the government trying, since April 16, to ban the popular instant messenger Telegram.…

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Блокировка Telegram – политическая цель Путина

Профессор Университета Джорджа Вашингтона Роберт Орттунг считает, что блокировка мессенджера Telegram в России носит политический характер. Это типичный пример, когда пьяный человек ищет потерянные ключи от квартиры под фонарем, потому…

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Commentary | Комментарии

Russia Retreats From International Developments

Armenian protesters brought down a prime minister. Here’s why they’re in the streets.

Social Policy & Regime Type

Putin’s temporary dominance masks uncertain future

Russia’s World Cup Opportunity

День дождения

When Does Corruption Matter?

Отставка Саргсяна имеет не только внутриполитическое измерение

Moscow Security Conference Soft Power Panel

If Putin has kompromat on Trump, how might he use it?

Putin’s Leadership Is Reduced to Indecisive Posturing

Блокировка Telegram – политическая цель Путина