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Orttung: In the last couple of years, Russia has really cracked down on the Internet

(Herald Leader) A semi-retired Russian three-star general oversaw the cross-border movements of a rocket launcher used to bring down a passenger jet in 2014 over eastern Ukraine, killing all aboard, an…

The Case for Ambiguous Agreements in U.S.-Russian Relations

“I am not risking my head when I promise to teach my donkey to read—in twenty years one of us will surely die—either myself, or the emir, or the donkey.” – Hodja…

Troitskiy: If opposition is to be mounted against Russia’s status quo, it would certainly come from the younger generation

(abc.net.au | podcast) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will run for re-election next March – Russian political analyst Mikhail Troitsky says Vladimir Putin has indicated on more than one occasion that…

Hale: authoritarian regimes deploy every available resource to dominate elections

(WP) It’s a foregone conclusion that Vladimir Putin will win Russia’s March 2018 presidential elections, so why is the Kremlin fretting about turnout? And how is Russia’s big business supposed to…

Whenever America is in crisis, Russia is its whipping boy

(WP) ST. PETERSBURG — Russians are watching the unfolding scandal of their country’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. election with a mixture of amusement, pride, indignation and regret. For a historian…

Deciphering Russia and the West: Kimberly Marten in Profile

(Harriman Magazine) Russia is in the headlines now more than ever, thanks to Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s investigation of President Trump, allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections,…

Indigenously Funded Russian Civil Society

(PONARS Policy Memo) Most reports on Russian civil society focus on government efforts to restrict Western funding to Russian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with legislation on foreign agents and undesirable organizations. The…

Declaring Victory in Syria, Putin Stands to Lose the Elusive Peace

(EDM) The meeting of three presidents—Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Iran’s Hassan Rouhani—in Sochi last Wednesday (November 22), was supposed to mark a triumph for Russian foreign policy.…

Digital Détente: The case for cyber peace with Russia

(New Republic) In September 2016, I applied for a Council on Foreign Relations fellowship that would have allowed me to work for the U.S. government during my sabbatical year at Barnard…

How did 1917 change the west?

(oDR) Failed utopias lead to the death of idealism, and the likes of Putin and Trump are symbols of this process. As we watch Russia struggle with history, the US and…

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