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Book Review: Putin v. the People (Greene, Robertson) and We Need to Talk About Putin (Galeotti)

(The Guardian) One of the silver linings running through the dark clouds of their history is that Russians have developed a strong line in subversive political humour. In one joke…

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3 big questions about the curious Paul Whelan ‘spy’ case

(WP) Just days into the new year, foreign policy analysts are already rerunning a decades-old show: “What’s Russia thinking?” The prompt this time around was the New Year’s Eve arrest of Paul…

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As Russia’s economy falters, what are Putin’s options?

(IISS) Having signed on for another six years of Putin, are Russians feeling a bit of buyer’s remorse? His options for tackling the country’s stagnation are limited, and none of them…

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Rethinking Structure and Agency in Post-Soviet Regime Dynamics [Gel’man, Hale, Smyth, Way, Casey, Greene, Frye]

(Post-Soviet Affairs) Introduction: The role of structure and agency in political and social changes has been a recurring topic of discussion in the social sciences since the nineteenth century. Research…

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What Is To Be Done?

(Moscow-on-Thames) Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin’s irrepressible spokesman, said today that Russia would like to know what it could do to get sanctions reduced. This, of course, set tongues wagging, both in Russia…

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Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings are dropping. This is why.

(WP) (Co-authored with Graeme Robertson) By rights, Vladimir Putin should be having the time of his life. He recently won a resounding reelection to yet another six-year term, a victory…

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The Metastasis of War

(Moscow-on-Thames) The journalists who called me this morning about Bill Browder got sent away: I’ve got a book manuscript to finish, and, to be honest, there’s nothing new I can say about Browder…

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The Salisbury attack and relations with Russia after Putin’s re-election

(IISS) For an autocrat, winning the election is the easy part. Barring an extraordinary turn of events, Vladimir Putin will be re-elected on 18 March for his fourth term in the…

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У нас отберут до 10 тысяч фунтов в год: о забастовке в британских университетах

В Великобритании десятки тысяч преподавателей и студентов вышли на улицы в знак протеста против сокращений пенсий, в забастовке принимают участие 64 университета, она продлится еще почти четыре недели. Пенсионный фонд ассоциации…

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(Moscow-on-Thames) Maybe I’ve missed something, but as best I can tell most Americans – indeed, most in the West in general – aren’t aware of the fact that, two weeks ago,…

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Book Review: Putin v. the People (Greene, Robertson) and We Need to Talk About Putin (Galeotti)

3 big questions about the curious Paul Whelan ‘spy’ case

As Russia’s economy falters, what are Putin’s options?

Rethinking Structure and Agency in Post-Soviet Regime Dynamics [Gel’man, Hale, Smyth, Way, Casey, Greene, Frye]

What Is To Be Done?

Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings are dropping. This is why.

The Metastasis of War

The Salisbury attack and relations with Russia after Putin’s re-election

У нас отберут до 10 тысяч фунтов в год: о забастовке в британских университетах

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