The Kremlin and the Russian people
Putin’s Russia
Russia was the dominant republic in the former Soviet Union and took tentative steps toward an open society and market economy in the 1990s. But during the early 2000s, under leader Vladimir Putin, its direction changed. At the end of the 1990s, this quasi-democracy pivoted to an authoritarian direction.
Mon, Oct 28, 2019
Prospects of the Russian protest movement
Amid a summer of protest and Vladimir Putin’s declining popularity, Ksenia Kirillova looks at the Russian protests victories, weaknesses, and next steps.
Mon, Oct 28, 2019
Russian youth in the Moscow protests
Russian youth show little interest in politics, which begs the question: what made young Muscovites, arguably the most privileged group among the Russian youth, protest this summer?
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Thu, Dec 19, 2019
Putin’s Russia is stagnating but there will be no “Moscow Maidan”
The Russian economy is facing stagnation and domestic discontent is on the rise, but the strengths of Putin’s authoritarian system mean Ukrainians should not expect a repeat of their own Maidan movement in Moscow anytime soon.
UkraineAlert by
Khabarovsk rising: Protests in Russia’s Far East
Large demonstrations unexpectedly broke out in Khabarovsk after the arrest of Governor Sergei Furgal. An estimated 50,000 took to the streets to voice their displeasure. As Vladimir Putin seeks to reestablish his political dominance, is his grip on power weakening?
Is NATO still relevant?
Is NATO still a relevant force to manage the challenges to the international order of the twenty-first century and the great powers testing its limits?
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Fri, Aug 21, 2020
Navalny joins long list of poisoned Putin critics
Expert Opinion: What does the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny tell us about the current political climate in Putin’s Russia?
UkraineAlert by
Tue, Jun 9, 2020
Moscow is not buying Pompeo’s Iran snapback sanctions logic
Moscow made clear months ago that, once the United Nations arms embargo on Tehran expires in October, Russia intends to resume selling weapons to Iran.
IranSource by Mark N. Katz
Tue, May 12, 2020
Has Moscow really turned against Assad?
Russian articles criticizing the Assad regime do not presage a Kremlin effort to replace him, but are, instead, a concerted Russian effort to get the Assad regime to change its ways.
MENASource by Mark N. Katz
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