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Russia’s Public Perception of the Doping Scandal [Interview with Henry Hale]

(GW) Find out what's going on in Russia while athletes on the Olympic National Team get tested and turned away from the Rio Games with the Elliott School of International Affairs Olympic…

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Is War the New Normal in Ukraine? [Interview with Olexiy Haran]

(Hromadske Radio) I’m Marta Dyczok for Hromadske Radio in Kyiv. Last Sunday US Presidential Candidate Donald Trump made even more waves than usual. In an ABC TV interview he suggested that…

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Connections: Trump And Russia [Podcast]

(Connections with Evan Dawson) We sort out the substance from the noise surrounding Donald Trump's relationship with Vladimir Putin. Our guest is Dr. Randy Stone, director of the Skalny Center…

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Russian naval air defense in trouble

(RMR) There have long been reports that the ongoing delays with the commissioning of the Admiral Gorshkov frigate have to do with defects in its air defense systems. These were…

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Greene: What matters most to Moscow is simply to ensure that whoever wins on Nov. 8 emerges as a weak figure

(Reuters) The Kremlin says it had zero involvement in the hacking of Democratic Party emails while U.S. officials say the hack originated in Russia. We may never know who is right,…

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Charap: As Secretary of State, Clinton’s comments were seized upon by Russia; she became a convenient scapegoat

(Washington Post) Russian President Vladimir Putin repeatedly accused Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state of interfering in Moscow’s affairs — and if Russian security was behind last week’s…

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Petrov: DNC email hack attracted little attention in Russia; state media likely following orders from the Kremlin

(NBC) If the theft of 20,000 emails from the Democratic National Committee caused political shockwaves in the U.S., allegations that Moscow was behind the hack have barely registered a ripple…

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Russia’s Economy Deteriorates as Putin Focuses on Squabbles Among Siloviki

(EDM) President Vladimir Putin is not taking a summer vacation. He has instead maintained a busy schedule of meetings with government officials and regional governors. But his grip on the steering…

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Active Measures

(Moscow-on-Thames) It’s hard to ignore Paul Krugman. Leading lights of the neo-con foreign policy establishment – people like Anders Aslund and Anne Applebaum – are doing double-takes as they find themselves re-tweeting a recent column by the…

Russia’s “Sovereign Globalization”: Insulation, Influence, and Decline

(PONARS Policy Memo) Economic problems are once again at the center of debates about Russia’s future. For the first time under the Putin presidency, the country faces a protracted decline…

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Russia’s Public Perception of the Doping Scandal [Interview with Henry Hale]

Is War the New Normal in Ukraine? [Interview with Olexiy Haran]

Connections: Trump And Russia [Podcast]

Russian naval air defense in trouble

Greene: What matters most to Moscow is simply to ensure that whoever wins on Nov. 8 emerges as a weak figure

Charap: As Secretary of State, Clinton’s comments were seized upon by Russia; she became a convenient scapegoat

Petrov: DNC email hack attracted little attention in Russia; state media likely following orders from the Kremlin

Russia’s Economy Deteriorates as Putin Focuses on Squabbles Among Siloviki

Active Measures

Russia’s “Sovereign Globalization”: Insulation, Influence, and Decline