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Immigrant Lockdown Camps: Another Symbol of Today’s Russia?

(By Olga Gulina) Reality is likely to teach immigrants coming to Russia a hard lesson. The state's migration policy is veiled in seemingly liberal slogans although its application is explicitly…

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Reactions to Obama’s Decision to Cancel Summit with Putin in September

(The Monkey Cage) Earlier today the White House announced that President Obama would cancel his planned September summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Here are some thoughts on this decision from my colleagues at PONARS Eurasia: Kimberly Marten, Barnard…

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Visa-Free Regime for Russian Bureaucrats: End of a Dream?

(by Olga Gulina) The Russian dream to travel to the EU without visas will most likely not come true soon. Honestly, the first reaction of European politicians to Moscow’s insistence…

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The Navalny Verdict: What It Means for Russia

(Six Views) Paul Goode: Navalny is not Khodorkovsky. For everyone reading or making comments about today’s verdict like “this is worrisome," you are a decade late to the game. The…

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Kazan’s Massive Sports Universiade: Russia’s Rehearsal

"Thirty new sport complexes, a sports village, two metro stations, a shuttle line, airport and railway terminals, high-speed tram, eleven transport junctions … … brown scars on the formerly green…

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Arts and Resistance

The Germans have finally lumped Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus into one group – not only geographically – but politically too. These countries share not only oppressive regimes, but also a…

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German Policies toward Russia have to be Inventive

With Moscow closing one policy pathway after another—no participation in the European Neighborhood Program, no common approach to managing the Ukrainian energy system, no dialogue on human rights, no joint…

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New Policy Memo: Russia’s Chairmanship of International Organizations

Chairmanship in international organizations is one institutional form of soft power major states use to establish common policy frameworks and enhance their leadership potential. The agendas of chairing governments usually…

Russia’s Chairmanship of International Organizations: The Questionable Pursuit of Soft Power in Multilateral Settings

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Russia Fatigue in Berlin? Not Any More

Two hundred-fifty people attending a think-tank event in Berlin in the middle of the week is undeniably a success. Indeed, the organizers of "Russia and Germany in 2030: Scenarios for…

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Immigrant Lockdown Camps: Another Symbol of Today’s Russia?

Reactions to Obama’s Decision to Cancel Summit with Putin in September

Visa-Free Regime for Russian Bureaucrats: End of a Dream?

The Navalny Verdict: What It Means for Russia

Kazan’s Massive Sports Universiade: Russia’s Rehearsal

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German Policies toward Russia have to be Inventive

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Russia’s Chairmanship of International Organizations: The Questionable Pursuit of Soft Power in Multilateral Settings

Russia Fatigue in Berlin? Not Any More