Capital Flight from Russia Tells a Tale About Regime Failure
(Eurasia Daily Monitor) Last week marked the anniversary of the shocking performance staged by the Pussy Riot punk rock group in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow. And this…
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Disarray Among Putin’s Elites Deepens as Russia’s Self-Isolation Progresses
(Eurasia Daily Monitor) The meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk in the early hours of February 15, as damaging as it was, produced even more jokes than material destruction. One of…
Davos Finds Few Reasons to Invest in Russia—or to Take Medvedev Seriously
(Eurasia Daily Monitor) Discussions about Russia’s future at the World Economic Forum (WEF) are traditionally prompted by the interests of potential investors rather than ambitions of its leaders. And this…
Militarism Is a Poor Fit for Putin’s ‘Patriotic’ Kleptocracy
(Jamestown Foundation) The need to mobilize the core support base and re-invent a drive for the aging bureaucratic regime is recognized very clearly in the Kremlin, despite the desire to…
Протесты без лидеров: многовариантный выбор как источник силы
Одним из самых поразительных и сбивающих с толку свойств, характерных для волны протестов, охвативших Москву после сфальсифицированных парламентских выборов декабря прошлого года, является отсутствие руководящего ядра, объединенного общими целями и…
Protests Without Leaders: Making Multiple Choices into a Source of Strength
One striking and puzzling feature of the wave of protests that has risen in Moscow since the fraudulent parliamentary elections last December is the absence of a group of leaders…
EU probe sets up confrontation with Russia
(Global Post) MOSCOW, Russia — It may have taken a long time, but it appears the European Union may finally be standing up to Gazprom. The European Commission, the EU’s…
The Latent Resonance of the Arab Revolutions in the North Caucasus
The spectacular explosion of revolutionary energy across the greater Middle East in the first weeks of 2011 reconfigured many international endeavors, including the Israeli-Palestinian pseudo-peace process and NATO’s wishful quasi-consolidation.…
What’s In Store For Color Revolutions? Managing a New Rise of Discontent in a Time of Crisis
The angry and hopeless demonstrations in the streets of Tehran last June did not resemble the enthusiastic “happenings” on Kyiv’s maidan (main square) in November 2004. However, successive eruptions of…
The Terrorism-Corruption Nexus in the North Caucasus
Two terrorist attacks have shaken Russia in the past year: the bombing of the Nevsky Express train en route to St. Petersburg in November 2009 and the double suicide explosion…