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How Will the Crisis in Armenia End?

Despite the trauma of Armenia’s defeat in the recent Karabakh war, protests against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan have been underwhelming.
Ilya Yablokov

How The Kremlin’s Years of Conspiracy Spreading Are Biting Back

For decades Russia has been involved in the circulation of conspiracy theories. Now very few Russians believe in Covid-19.
Yevgenia Albats

How Amnesty International Failed Alexei Navalny

Putin and his entourage will be forever grateful for Amnesty International's decision to strip Navalny of his 'prisoner of conscience status.'
Michele A. Berdy

Of Men, Galoshes and Horseradish

There are lots of Russian words, nice and not, to describe the older gentlemen in our lives.
Jeremy Morris

Navalny’s ‘Cancellation’ is Problematic, But Also Reveals the Pitfalls of His Elevation

The Amnesty revocation of the Kremlin critic’s status as “prisoner of conscience” brings into focus the outsized role western NGOs play in how Russia...
Gennady Rudkevich

Revoking Navalny’s Prisoner of Conscience Status Emboldens Opponents of Human Rights

Amnesty's clumsy and opaque handling gave a victory to the Kremlin and a toolkit to other authoritarian regimes in the future.
Maxim Samorukov

Kiev Has Sanctioned Putin’s Best Ukrainian Friend. What Next?

The sanctioning of Medvedchuk makes the resumption of substantive talks between Russia and Ukraine all but impossible.
Paul Bartlett

Reset With Russia: Kyrgyzstan’s President Heads to Moscow

New Kyrgyz leader Sadyr Japarov will need to prove to Putin that his rise to power is an opportunity for change.
Sabine Fischer

2021: Another Sad Year for EU-Russia Relations

Navalny’s return to Russia has created a prominent link between the EU and Russian domestic politics which neither side will be able to ignore in the...
Mark Galeotti

Navalny the ‘Escape Risk’ Faces a Campaign of Silence

The Kremlin hopes it can bury Navalny in the prison system while it blackens his name and grinds away at his movement.
Michele A. Berdy

All That Glitters is Russian Gold

Lots of things glitter and glimmer with sparkles of gold and silver in Russian. For example - air.
Alexander Baunov

Why the Kremlin’s Anti-Navalny Strategy Just Might Work

The Kremlin believes the predominant mindset that protesting will not lead to any actual changes in society will ultimately prevail.
Konstantin Sonin

Sputnik V Vaccine Gives Russia a Whopping Soft-Power Boost

After the successes of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Russia has found a new way to promote itself.
Mark Galeotti

Team Navalny Needs Strategy for the ‘Phoney War’

Can Navalny's organisation develop from anti-corruption activism into a broader movement, learning from Belarus?
Michele A. Berdy

The Language of UnFreedom from the Gulag

An exhibition at the Gulag History Museum and a new dictionary reveal the other reality of the USSR.
Ilya Klishin

Four Ways the Kremlin Could Block Western Social Networks in Russia

Russia has been making loud but empty threats for years that it would block such giants as Facebook and Twitter. What if this time is different?
Vladimir Frolov

How Russia Deals With the West After Navalny's Jailing

"Forgive the United States, ignore France and punish Germany," is Russia's newfound motto as pressure on the country rises.
Olivia Lazard

Moscow's Climate Change Dilemma

Russia risks paying for its climate change inaction over the coming decade.
Andrei Kolesnikov

How Has Society Changed in the Wake of the Winter Protests?

The reasons for protest are accumulating, and there is colossal anger, despite underwhelming trust ratings for jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
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