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Five Faces of Russia’s Soft Power: Far Left, Far Right, Orthodox Christian, Russophone, and Ethnoreligious Networks

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Does Russia exercise true “soft power”—the power of attraction—in any significant measure? Scholars like Joseph Nye, who first conceptualized the notion of soft power, argue that the…

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Russian Youth Extremism: An Analysis

(Jordan Russia Center) In 2006, Russia was reportedly home to 50,000 far-right skinheads, or half the world’s population. Nearly 13 years on, Russia’s wave of neo-Nazi violence has subsided (per known…

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Rogov: Social media today mobilizes and shapes political loyalty in Russia

(Global Voices) On November 1, Russia’s controversial “Sovereign Internet” bill entered into force. Supporters argue that the move is necessary to shield Russia against cyberattacks from abroad, while human rights and free speech…

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The Kremlin Tries to Exorcise the Memory of the Berlin Wall

(EDM) The massive spontaneous eruption of street protests in East Germany 30 years ago culminated in the breach of the ominous Berlin Wall, and that breakthrough determined the end of the…

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Kalmyks Protest Donbas Separatist Who Was Appointed Mayor of Republican Capital

(EDM) Street protests continue against the leader of the Buddhist province of Kalmykia and look set to escalate, with a large demonstration planned for October 27. The protests concern the appointment…

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Understanding Russia’s Intervention in Syria

(Rand) Russia’s 2015 military intervention in Syria’s civil war took many by surprise and raised questions about the potential for similar actions in other conflicts outside of post-Soviet Eurasia. The authors…

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Kramer: Mr. Bukovsky emerged from his experience in the Soviet Union looking like such a remarkably admirable figure because he stuck to his principles

(Washington Post) hen Vladimir Bukovsky was released from a Soviet prison in 1976 in an event that drew front-page headlines around the world, he was 33 years old and had already…

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Marten: Russia’s Wagner Group in Africa seems to be cultivating personal relationships with leaders in a neocolonial model

(Washington Post) Facebook announced Wednesday that it had removed three networks of accounts it says are associated with Russian oligarch Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the Kremlin-linked businessman U.S. authorities charged with interfering in the 2016…

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Russia Ponders the Burden of Its ‘Victory’ in Syria

(EDM) The memorandum of understanding on Syria signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in Sochi, on October 22, was seen as a triumph in Moscow…

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The White Whale Chooses Freedom: Hard Choices in Opposing Russian Dominance in the Arctic

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Russia’s claims to “Great Power” status may be overblown and even preposterous, but the country is, without a doubt, a great Arctic power. It has more…

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Five Faces of Russia’s Soft Power: Far Left, Far Right, Orthodox Christian, Russophone, and Ethnoreligious Networks

Russian Youth Extremism: An Analysis

Rogov: Social media today mobilizes and shapes political loyalty in Russia

The Kremlin Tries to Exorcise the Memory of the Berlin Wall

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Marten: Russia’s Wagner Group in Africa seems to be cultivating personal relationships with leaders in a neocolonial model

Russia Ponders the Burden of Its ‘Victory’ in Syria

The White Whale Chooses Freedom: Hard Choices in Opposing Russian Dominance in the Arctic