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Marc Plattner: “If Russia Had Become Democratic, the World Would Look Very Different Now”

Details: Politics

Marc Plattner: “If Russia Had Become Democratic, the World Would Look Very Different Now”

Details: 02 April 2015; Denis Volkov

Over the last year, the debate on how to describe Russia’s political regime has intensified. Levada Center sociologist Denis Volkov discusses this issue with Marc Plattner, vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and coeditor of the Journal of Democracy.

IMR to Hold a Discussion on Russia’s Authoritarianism at NYU

Details: News

IMR to Hold a Discussion on Russia’s Authoritarianism at NYU

Details: 02 April 2015

On April 13 the Institute of Modern Russia and the New York University International Law Society will host a panel discussion entitled “Escalation of Authoritarianism and Legal Environment in Russia” at New York University School of Law. Participants in the discussion include Ekaterina Mishina (University of Michigan), Pavel Ivlev (Committee for Russian Economic Freedom), Boris Palant (Palant & Shapiro, PC) and William E. Pomeranz (Woodrow Wilson Center). IMR director Lidiya Dukhovich will moderate.

Is There a Feud Over a New Tsar in the Kremlin?

Details: Politics

Is There a Feud Over a New Tsar in the Kremlin?

Details: 01 April 2015; Donald N. Jensen

Vladimir Putin’s ten-day absence from the public eye has become the most discussed event in Russia this past month, and also highlights the country’s crisis of governance. According to Donald Jensen, resident fellow of the Center for Transatlantic Relations, keeping the increasingly polarized political forces under control is becoming a much harder challenge for Putin.

Attitudes Toward Russia, Media Censorship, and Cyber Warfare

Details: Research Recaps

Attitudes Toward Russia, Media Censorship, and Cyber Warfare

April–May 2015

Details: 01 April 2015

Gallup • Pew Research • CNN/ORC • Freedom House • Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies • Lookingglass Cyber Solutions • Association for International Affairs

Russian Nationalism, Future for the Opposition, and Authoritarian Resurgence

Details: Event Briefings

Russian Nationalism, Future for the Opposition, and Authoritarian Resurgence

April—May 2015

Details: 01 April 2015

Woodrow Wilson Center • Legatum Institute • National Endowment for Democracy

The Long Winter Ahead for EU-Russia Relations

Details: World

The Long Winter Ahead for EU-Russia Relations

Details: 30 March 2015; Ezekiel Pfeifer

Over the past year, following the annexation of Crimea, relations between Russia and the European Union deteriorated to the point of raising the discussion of a second Cold War. Independent Russia analyst Ezekiel Pfeifer reviews the key developments of this bilateral relationship and the recent EU efforts to come up with an adequate policy for dealing with Putin’s Russia.

Will Russia Pay the Yukos Settlement?

Details: Law

Will Russia Pay the Yukos Settlement?

Details: 26 March 2015; Haley S. Anderson

Last July, the Hague issued a ruling that the Russian government had wrongly seized the Yukos oil company from its shareholders and was required to pay restitution in the amount of $50 billion. This February, Russia appealed the court decision. Haley S. Anderson reviews the case, Russia’s arguments, and the possibility that the award will be paid.

Andrei Piontkovsky: “Putin’s Concept of the ‘Russian World’ Threatens All Territories with a Russian Population”

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Andrei Piontkovsky: “Putin’s Concept of the ‘Russian World’ Threatens All Territories with a Russian Population”

Details: 24 March 2015; Leonid Martynyuk

The Institute of Modern Russia introduces a series of interviews with Russian and Western experts on the situation in Russia, its relationship with the West, and the future of its political system. In the first article of the series, Leonid Martynyuk interviews prominent Russian political analyst Andrei Piontkovsky.

IMR Participates in ASPA Conference

Details: News

IMR Participates in ASPA Conference

Details: 24 March 2015

Last week, the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) held its annual conference in Chicago, Illinois. At the panel titled “Comparative Approaches to E-Government,” IMR researcher Boris Bruk spoke about the trend of e-democracy development in Russia.

Akhmed Zakayev: “The decision for the ‘hit list’ was made not in Grozny, but in Moscow.”

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Akhmed Zakayev: “The decision for the ‘hit list’ was made not in Grozny, but in Moscow.”

Details: 20 March 2015; Elena Servettaz

Akhmed Zakayev, political emigrant and head of the government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in exile, spoke with Elena Servettaz about his take on Boris Nemtsov’s murder and the involvement of the Chechen “North” battalion fighters, about the relationship between Ramzan Kadyrov and Vladimir Putin and the so-called “hit list” of the Russian opposition.

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