Russia’s Ethnic Minorities: Putin’s Loyal Neo-Imperial “Fifth Column”
From his insistence in early 2012 on the preeminence of ethnic Russian culture in Russia to his claim in March 2014 that Moscow annexed Crimea to defend the 1.5 million…
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Sonin: Sanctions impact credit, business projects, goods produced, income, salaries, and consumption
(AP) MOSCOW — Last week, tens of thousands of Russians sunning themselves on Italian beaches and Turkish resorts received an unpleasant surprise: their tour companies had gone bust, stranding them…
Beyond Anti-Westernism: The Kremlin’s Narrative about Russia’s European Identity and Mission
Especially since 2011-12, there has been an observable shift in Russia’s ideological atmosphere. This has included the repeated crafting of new ideological repertoires— sets of arguments that serve as content…
Beyond Anti-Westernism: The Kremlin’s Narrative about Russia’s European Identity and Mission
Especially since 2011-12, there has been an observable shift in Russia’s ideological atmosphere. This has included the repeated crafting of new ideological repertoires— sets of arguments that serve as content…
A Great Wall for Russia? The Consequences of Introducing a Visa Regime for the CIS
Ranked second in the world in terms of net in-migration, Russia welcomes across its borders mainly residents of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), especially from Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan,…
Petrov: What is happening is different from what the Kremlin wanted and expected
(The New York Times) MOSCOW — Russia, facing the toughest round of Western sanctions imposed since the Ukraine crisis erupted, has adopted a nonchalant public stance, with President Vladimir V.…
Cooley: Russia’s Eurovision alternative fits with Putin’s cultural diplomacy agenda
(Newsweek) When Conchita Wurst raised her microphone-shaped winner’s trophy at the Eurovision Song Contest in May, she smashed through a lavender ceiling. Boy George described her victory as “a vote…
Putin Held Personally Responsible for a War He Is Losing
(Eurasia Daily Monitor) If President Vladimir Putin really thought that the destruction of Flight MH17 with 298 people on board would soon blow over, the White House statement from last…
The Political Crisis in Afghanistan and its Implications for Russia
(Russia International Affairs Council) The United States and NATO are withdrawing their forces from Afghanistan, leaving the country in a difficult, albeit not entirely hopeless situation. On the one hand,…
Q: Is Vladimir Putin Running a Proxy War in Ukraine? Here is What Twelve PONARS Eurasia Experts Say
I cannot exclude the possibility that Vladimir Putin is really afraid of NATO expansion into Ukraine and, unable to keep a pro-Russian president there, opted to destabilize the state in…