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“We will continue to stagnate, nothing will change.” Highlights from an interview with economist Konstantin Sonin

(The Bell) One of Russia’s most famous economists, Konstantin Sonin has worked abroad for many years. He has been a professor at Chicago University since 2015, and before that he worked…

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Moscow Plays Hard Ball in the High North

(EDM) The message from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to his Norwegian counterpart, Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Spitsbergen Treaty was rude even by…

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The Role of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow’s Syrian Campaign

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The role of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) in Russian national identity, ideology, and politics has grown immensely during the last decades. The faith-strategy nexus in…

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Why are Republicans using Putin’s talking points? This study helps explain.

(Monkey Cage) (Co-authored with Olga Kamenchuk) During the impeachment hearings and trial of President Trump, former National Security Council official Fiona Hill and others accused Republican congressional leaders of adopting Russian President Vladimir…

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BookAuthority’s 25 “Best New International Relations Books to Read” includes Greene and Robertson’s: Putin v. the People

BookAuthority’s “25 Best New International Relations Books to Read” includes Samuel A. Greene and Graeme B. Robertson’s book, Putin v. the People: The Perilous Politics of a Divided Russia. “A fascinating, bottom-up exploration of contemporary…

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Russia Struggles With the Chinese Challenge

(EDM) The scope of the epidemiological disaster unfolding in China has dawned on Russia remarkably late. Last Wednesday (January 29), President Vladimir Putin called a small meeting to check national readiness…

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Imagined Futures

(Moscow-On-Thames) It’s been a while since a major Putin policy address has been anything other than boring. Not today. Today, Putin proposed a radical reshaping of Russia’s political system. Kind…

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Russia’s cabinet resigns and it’s all part of Putin’s plan

(The Conversation) Editor’s note: Russia’s prime minister, Dmitry A. Medvedev, and cabinet resigned on Jan. 15. Russian politics are often not what they seem, especially to those in the West.…

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Ponarin: The current generation of young Russians are the happiest since 1991

(FT) Generation Putin: how young Russians view the only leader they’ve ever known “The current generation of young Russians are the happiest since 1991,” says Eduard Ponarin, professor of sociology…

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“We will continue to stagnate, nothing will change.” Highlights from an interview with economist Konstantin Sonin

Moscow Plays Hard Ball in the High North

The Role of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow’s Syrian Campaign

Why are Republicans using Putin’s talking points? This study helps explain.

BookAuthority’s 25 “Best New International Relations Books to Read” includes Greene and Robertson’s: Putin v. the People

Russia Struggles With the Chinese Challenge

Imagined Futures

Russia’s cabinet resigns and it’s all part of Putin’s plan

Ponarin: The current generation of young Russians are the happiest since 1991