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Kirill Krivosheev
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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