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The Power Vertical is a blog and podcast for Russia wonks and Kremlin watchers by Brian Whitmore. It covers emerging and developing trends in Russian politics, shining a spotlight on the high-stakes power struggles, machinations, and clashing interests that shape Kremlin policy today.

Host and Eurasia Center Senior Fellow Brian Whitmore invites guest experts to deliver their insights and analysis in this weekly podcast. The Atlantic Council and the Charles T. McDowell Center for Global Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington co-sponsor this production.

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In the News

Mar 19, 2018

Farkas Quoted in Vox on Putin’s Reelection

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia

In the News

Mar 19, 2018

Farkas Joins CNBC to Discuss Putin’s Re-Election Victory

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia

In the News

Mar 18, 2018

Cohen Joins France 24 to Discuss Russian Presidential Election

By Ariel Cohen

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Russia

In the News

Mar 18, 2018

Simakovsky Joins Al Jazeera to Discuss Russian Election

By Mark Simakovsky

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Mar 17, 2018

The Battle Over Nord Stream II

By Rachel Ansley

Despite US sanctions, the Kremlin’s pursuit of a free hand to maintain dominance over Europe’s energy market by using Nord Stream II has sparked fierce debate among Western democracies over the importance of the proposed pipeline. “This is not about a pipeline,” said Agnia Grigas, a nonresident senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center. […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 16, 2018

Here’s What to Expect From Yet Another Putin Presidency

By Anders Åslund

Vladimir Putin, who has ruled Russia for the past eighteen years, is set to rule for another six. It is almost predictable how he will act over the course of his next term in office. Putin has constructed a regime based on personal authoritarianism. This regime does not depend on ideology, party or family, but […]

Russia

In the News

Mar 16, 2018

O’Toole in AXIOS: More Coordinated Response Needed to Russian Attacks on the West

By Brian O'Toole

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Russia

In the News

Mar 15, 2018

Farkas Quoted in Vox on Trump’s Russia sanctions

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia

In the News

Mar 15, 2018

Carpenter Quoted in RFE/RL on New Russia Sanctions

By Michael Carpenter

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Russia

In the News

Mar 15, 2018

Farkas Joins MSNBC to Discuss Russia Chemical Attack

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia

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