Institute of Modern Russia

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Nation

Bridge Over the Abyss

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03 December 2011

Alexander Yanov

The idea of my previous essay was to convince readers that today’s Russia and its future is challenged on an existential level as seriously as it was during the times of Peter the Great. History — then and now — has presented us with a dilemma: do we change or do we degrade? The degradation in question being irreversible. Therefore, the motto I suggested for the future leader of the opposition is substantially the same one as Peter the Great's: "Become Europe to survive!"

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News

The Russian Political Regime Has Been Diagnosed

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29 November 2011

From November 17-20, the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) held its 43rd annual conference in Washington, D.C. Panelists discussed issues related to contemporary Russia and came to the conclusion that the country has no future under the current regime.

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Nation

Illegitimate Elections

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24 November 2011

Georgy Satarov

"And just when everybody in the country has gotten got sick and tired of barefaced cynics and of the mediocrity and thievery of the Russian authorities, when the population is finally beginning to wake up, remembering that they are, in fact, citizens of this country, the opposition finds itself immersed in debates over indistinguishable dilemmas that drive potential supporters almost to a nervous breakdown", says Georgy Satarov, the Russian mathematician, political scientist and a former aide to President Boris Eltsin.

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Politics

Yevgenia Chirikova: Putin Will Come to Power Because of Our Fragmentation

Civil society and activism

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23 November 2011

Caterina Innocente

Сaterina Innocente spoke with Evgenya Chirikova about Putin regime's corruption schemes, Russian liberal opposition's disturbing fragmentation, as well as about Evgenya's understanding of patriotism and her efforts of turning "vegetables" into the active citizens.

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News

Documentary on Khodorkovsky Banned and Sabotaged by Moscow Officials

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21 November 2011

Caterina-Innocente

Moscow officials are trying to sabotage the screenings of Cyril Tuschi's documentary on Mikhail Khorodkovsky. Caterina Innocente spoke with Olga Papernaya, representative of movie distributors' in Russia, about the threatening phone calls the Moscow movie theaters interested in screening the documentary received in the past few days. Papernaya is planning on making an official statement to the press on Tuesday, November 22.

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Law

Tamara Morschakova: Recent Changes in Russian Legislation Resulted in a Considerable Decrease of the Legal Status of the Constitutional Court

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16 November 2011

Ekaterina Mishina

Prof. Tamara Morschakova, Ph.D. is prominent Russian lawyer. From 1991 to 2002 Prof. Morschakova served as the Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Russian Federation. Ekaterina Mishina met with her in Moscow to discuss the future of constitutional justice in Russia.

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Election Results in Russia Will Inevitably Be Falsified

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14 November 2011

Olga Khvostunova

Such was the agreed-upon conclusion at a panel discussion hosted by the Harriman Institute (Columbia University) on November 14. With parliamentary elections coming in about two weeks, the only issues left to debate are to what extent the results will be falsified and what implications this will have for the regime.

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Nation

Hope or Menace? An Old-Time Dispute about Russian Nationalism

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11 November 2011

Alexander Yanov

Many years ago I had an opponent: not too serious, but a very controversial one. At the time, I lived in Berkeley, California, and Mikhail Agursky – my opponent – was Israel’s leading Sovietologist.

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Garry Kasparov Сalls for the U.S. to Halt Dealings with Putin

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06 November 2011

As Russian parliamentary and presidential elections approach, opposition leaders are reaching out to the United States and the West for support. One of these opposition members is Garry Kasparov, the world chess champion and leader of “The Other Russia” political coalition. He spoke about the disastrous consequences of Vladimir Putin’s return at an event sponsored by the Hudson Institute on November 3 in New York City.

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World

Not a Hint of Democracy in Russia

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06 November 2011

On November 3, the Heritage Foundation held a panel discussion in Washington, DC on the upcoming Russian parliamentary and presidential elections, the Russian political climate overall, and the future of Russian-American relations.