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Michael McFaul Appointed U.S. Ambassador to Russia

Details: World

Michael McFaul Appointed U.S. Ambassador to Russia

Details: 14 October 2011

On October 12, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held the confirmation hearing for Michael McFaul, selected by President Obama for the position of U.S. ambassador to Russia. According to McFaul, his move to Moscow would not affect the “reset” policy.

Human Rights Activists and the New Struggles Against Authoritarianism in Eurasia

Details: News

Human Rights Activists and the New Struggles Against Authoritarianism in Eurasia

Details: 12 October 2011; Olga Khvostunova

A panel discussion on modern Eurasian authoritarian regimes took place at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute last week. A group of human rights experts shared their insights on the dangerous ways that these regimes have developed in most of the former Soviet republics.

Artist from the Land of the Absurd

Details: Nation

Artist from the Land of the Absurd

Details: 08 October 2011

This past September, a new exhibition of political works by the absurdist artist Konstantin Latyshev went on display at Aidan Salakhova’s Moscow art gallery.

Back in the USSR

Details: News

Back in the USSR

Details: 06 October 2011; Olga Khvostunova

On October 5, Vladimir Putin published an op-ed in Izvestia, where he discussed the future of the Common Economic Space of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan (CES), an integration project that will start in 2012, and also explores the possibilities of the so-called Eurasia Union.

Prof. Ekaterina Mishina: Sapienti Sat (A Word to the Wise is Enough)

Details: Law

Prof. Ekaterina Mishina: Sapienti Sat (A Word to the Wise is Enough)

Details: 05 October 2011; Ekaterina Mishina

A lone voice in the wilderness: On the first anniversary of the discussion of the “Kiev recommendations on Judicial Independence in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and central Asia”

Remembering August 1991

Details: Nation

Remembering August 1991

Details: 04 October 2011

“I look at the photographs of these boys and compare them with what I see in the reports of today’s crackdowns on demonstrations. It feels like human nature has changed. In my material, no matter how hard you might like to try, you can’t find any aggression — not on either side.”

FT: Out of the Shadows

Details: Nation

FT: Out of the Shadows

Details: 30 September 2011

In a recent article in the Financial Times Charles Clover, the publication’s Moscow bureau chief, writes that Vladimir Putin’s plan to return as president “unleashes open rebellion within the Kremlin.” As he explains, a series of political scandals in September might indeed be a sign of tectonic shifts in the mood of the Russian elite.

Igor Yurgens: Russian Political System is in the Dead End

Details: Nation

Igor Yurgens: Russian Political System is in the Dead End

Details: 29 September 2011

In his recent online interview to Kommersant newspaper Igor Yurgens, head of INSOR, speaks about modernization of the political regime in Russia. If it doesn’t happen, there will be catastrophe, he says.

Russian Criminal Code as a Tool to Suppress Business

Details: Law

Russian Criminal Code as a Tool to Suppress Business

Details: 28 September 2011; Ekaterina Mishina

The Russian Criminal Code constitutes an obvious threat to further social and economic development in Russia, says Ekaterina Mishina, Assistant Professor on the Law Faculty of Russia’s National Research University Higher School of Economics. Prof. Mishina discusses the issues with the Institute of Modern Russia.

Boris Nemtsov: In Russia one should live long

Details: Politics

Boris Nemtsov: In Russia one should live long

Details: 26 September 2011; Caterina Innocente

Caterina Innocente speaks with Boris Nemtsov, a leading member of the Russian opposition, about the latest governmental reshuffle, the dangers of Putinism, and the importance of the Cardin List

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