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Petrov: The outbreak has reset the Kremlin’s political agenda | Greene: The risks of Putin looking out of touch are very real

(Gulf News) Russia has reported 2,558 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours [April 13] versus 2,186 mnew cases the previous day. A nationwide vote on April 22 was supposed to…

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Rogov: There are two different oppositions to Putin in Russia

(Washington Post) Opinion polls and authoritarian systems don’t go together. However professional or independent the pollster, any results are necessarily skewed as people weigh their responses — especially to questions about…

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‘Existential crisis’? Russia’s coronavirus paradox

(CEPA) Commentators were quick to predict that the pandemic would accelerate the decay of Vladimir Putin’s regime. Others expected a crackdown; public fears are often a pretext for power grabs. Examples of…

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How Autocracies Build Regulatory States

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In autocratic settings, much of what we know about economic regulation does not explicitly account for the fact that objectives, constraints, and opportunities faced by states, businesses,…

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Twigg: Putin’s videoconference with government members was an implicit admission that everybody was lying to each other

(VOX) If many people get infected in Moscow, Russia’s showpiece capital, it could ruin the myth of Putin as the country’s protector. The coronavirus has yet to hit Russia hard. But…

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The US Role in the Black Sea Region

(Ukraine Analytica) The US remains the only true superpower with a global reach. In reaching out to the Black Sea, the US has a variety of tools and levers: diplomatic, political,…

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Gelman: Neither the president nor the prime minister would like to take responsibility for the coronavirus response

(RFE/RL) There he was, riding down the escalator at one of Russia’s leading infectious disease hospitals alongside Vladimir Putin as the president toured the facility and its preparations for the coronavirus…

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Masked Diplomacy: Xi and Putin Seek Advantage and Cover from the Pandemic

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In the United States, President Donald Trump claims to be a wartime president, while denying any responsibility as the country proved unprepared to confront its most serious…

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Putin’s Leadership Damaged by Chain of Recent Blunders

(EDM) Russian society appears sharply divided regarding the indefinite extension of President Vladimir Putin’s “reign”—with 48 percent in favor and 47 against. Yet, amidst the present-day confusion and separate crises monopolizing…

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Snegovaya: We should not trust the data that comes from authoritarian regimes

(The Globe & Mail) Russia and China have launched what experts say are disinformation campaigns against the West, seeking to change the global narrative about where the coronavirus pandemic originated, and…

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Petrov: The outbreak has reset the Kremlin’s political agenda | Greene: The risks of Putin looking out of touch are very real

Rogov: There are two different oppositions to Putin in Russia

‘Existential crisis’? Russia’s coronavirus paradox

How Autocracies Build Regulatory States

Twigg: Putin’s videoconference with government members was an implicit admission that everybody was lying to each other

The US Role in the Black Sea Region

Gelman: Neither the president nor the prime minister would like to take responsibility for the coronavirus response

Masked Diplomacy: Xi and Putin Seek Advantage and Cover from the Pandemic

Putin’s Leadership Damaged by Chain of Recent Blunders

Snegovaya: We should not trust the data that comes from authoritarian regimes