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“Russia, My History”: History as an Ideological Tool

The emergence of permanent history parks in Russia can be compared to the advent of Institutes of National Memory that operate in a number of former Soviet and Central European states. They are an element of the politics of history. What they seek to present is a vision of history drawing exclusively on multimedia technologies—one that does not use any real objects of the past. The vision of history they present is highly politically engaged.
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There is No “Reform” in Russia’s Recent “Pension Reform” Bill | Interview with Evgeny Gontmakher

Maria Lipman speaks with Evgeny Gontmacher about the political and socioeconomic implications of raising the retirement age. Since 2012, Gontmacher is the deputy director responsible for social policy projects and recommendations at Aleksei Kudrin’s Committee of Civil Initiatives. Over 1992-2003, he held positions as Head of Department at the Russian Ministry of Labor, Deputy Chair at the Presidential Council for Social Policy, and Head of Department at the Russian Government Administration.
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Shadows Over the Putin-Trump Summit | Commentary by Fyodor Lukyanov & Keith Darden

The U.S. president probably expected to declare that he had a “very good” meeting with the formidable Vladimir Putin and had achieved what none of his White House predecessors had. Instead, Donald Trump’s performance, particularly at the press conference, inflicted on him accusations of naïveté and even treason, and his retractions hardly repaired the damage. This is disquieting news for Putin: instead of a much needed defrosting of U.S.-Russian relations, America's anti-Russia policy may get harder still.
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СИМВОЛИЧЕСКАЯ И ИДЕОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ СФЕРА СОВРЕМЕННОЙ РОССИИ

Мария Липман, ОТ РЕДАКТОРА, No. 12, июнь 2018   Мария Энгстрем, Марлен Ларюэль, Визуальная культура и идеология В сегодняшней России визуальное тесно и сложно взаимодействует с политическим и становится важнейшей сферой…