Unresolved Issues: North Caucasians in the Russian Army

The problem of military service for North Caucasian recruits in the Russian army has been discussed for some time already. General-colonel Vasilii Smirnov, the Russian General Staff Deputy Chief, said…

Will Ukraine Join (and Save) the Eurasian Customs Union?

Since Vladimir Putin’s return as Russian president, Ukraine has been a target of Moscow’s attempts to have it accede to the Eurasian Customs Union. The Ukrainian opposition and national-minded analysts…

Мюнхен, Мезеберг, Меркель

(Ежедневный журнал) Не буду утверждать, что в российско-германских отношениях наступил поворотный момент. Пока это, к счастью, не так. Но время объясниться однозначно наступило — после всего того, что было высказано…

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Malpractices in the Russian Higher Education System

(CEURUS Paper) Abstract: A number of malpractices, including corruption, cheating and abuse of power by superiors flourish in the Russian higher education system. As authorities turn a blind eye to…

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News by and for the Authorities

(The New York Times) (Co-author: Christopher Walker) — When Russian tax and law enforcement authorities recently raided the Moscow offices of Human Rights Watch, they invited a television crew from…

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Why the Kremlin Is Targeting NGOs

(Moscow Times) The authorities have initiated an unprecedented campaign against nongovernmental organizations, conducting burdensome inspections of their offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Perm, Krasnodar, Vladivostok, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don and dozens of…

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New Ambiguity in Georgian-Russian Relations

Relations between Russia and Georgia are going through some changes after the new government came to power in Georgia. If before, Saakashvili and Putin/Medvedev had been exercising a policy of…

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Don’t Give Up on the U.S.-Russian Reset

April 1, 2013

(The National Interest) (Co-authored by Ivan Kurilla) Hope that the U.S.-Russia “reset” would survive Vladimir Putin’s return to the Russian presidency has crumbled in the last few months, as Moscow…

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Russia’s Ivory Tower is on Shuddering Ground

(Co-authored by Andrey Makarychev and Boris Lanin). While the Kremlin habitually exhibits progress in the Russian higher education system by showcasing projects such as the Skolkovo Institute of Technology and…

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Defending the Mistral

Today, I want to highlight a new Russian-language resource for analysts of the Russian military. The Waran Project bills itself as an informational and analytical resource put together by independent (though…

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