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Rogov: From time to time, somebody is poisoned by groups close to the Russian government. This is the system, an institution, not an accident.

(Washington Post) MOSCOW — Vladlen Los sat in a chair outside Room 239 of the Xander Hotel. It was midmorning on Aug. 20 in the Siberian city of Tomsk. The lawyer…

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Inside Job: The Challenge of Foreign Online Influence in U.S. Elections [Book Reviews]

(War on the Rocks) Kremlin-backed trolls are sowing disinformation and have adapted their game for the 2020 campaign. U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr has been vague about the probity of accepting foreign assistance, and the U.S. Office…

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The Coronavirus Crisis Undercuts Russia’s Geopolitical Ambitions

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) The sharp rise of COVID-19 infections in Russia in the last couple of weeks was predictable given the relatively high “plateau” of new cases over the summer after…

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Belarusian Cossacks—An Option for Putin?

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) Due to certain superficial similarities between the ongoing post-election demonstrations in Belarus and the EuroMaidan protests in Kyiv in 2013–2014, some commentators have speculated about the possibility of…

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Rogov: Rastorguev opens politicians like tin cans. In his frame we see their true faces

(Haaretz) The producer of a documentary on Putin’s critic who was poisoned in August explains why he found Navalny as great a mystery as the Russian president himself – and how…

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Geopolitics on the Move featuring Sean Guillory and Fyodor Lukyanov

Geopolitics on the Move is a podcast series hosted by Sean Guillory (SRB Podcast) and Fyodor Lukyanov (Russia in Global Affairs) that discusses the crucial geopolitical issues that currently define…

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No peacemakers for the new/old Caucasian war: Understanding the Armenia-Azerbaijan clash

(Brookings) full-blown war erupted in the South Caucasus last Sunday, September 27, and as the two belligerents — Armenia and Azerbaijan — mobilize their forces under martial law, no international authority…

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Russia’s Hardest Working Oligarch Takes Talents to Africa

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In September 2019, Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeev sat down for an interview with the Russian news outlet RBC and announced the launch of the International Agency…

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Kurilla: There’s a popular saying for the last couple days: Belarus in 2020 is what Russia will be in 2024

(U.S. News & World Report) This year should have ushered in Russia’s return to greatness and Putin’s assumption of ‘great statesman’ status. Instead it has been marked by trouble for the…

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Dismissing European Outrage, Russia Turns Itself Into a ‘Great Pariah Power’

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) With its latest double breach of norms of international behavior—poisoning the opposition leader Alexei Navalny and embracing the discredited Belarusian autocrat, President Alyaksandr Lukashenka—Russia has managed to unite…

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Rogov: From time to time, somebody is poisoned by groups close to the Russian government. This is the system, an institution, not an accident.

Inside Job: The Challenge of Foreign Online Influence in U.S. Elections [Book Reviews]

The Coronavirus Crisis Undercuts Russia’s Geopolitical Ambitions

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No peacemakers for the new/old Caucasian war: Understanding the Armenia-Azerbaijan clash

Russia’s Hardest Working Oligarch Takes Talents to Africa

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Dismissing European Outrage, Russia Turns Itself Into a ‘Great Pariah Power’