Institute of Modern Russia

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Nation

An Expected Surprise

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06 December 2011

Georgy Satarov

The Institute of Modern Russia's Expert, a well-know political scientist and a former aid to President Boris Yeltsin, Georgy Satarov reflects on United Russia's leaders electoral modus operandi, and on the broad spectrum of the election results consequences. Part I.

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Law

Courts and the Media: A Loveless Story? Part 1

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05 December 2011

Ekaterina Mishina

Today there are obvious reasons to believe that the third and fourth branches of power, the courts and the media, have developed a serious distaste for each other, and that this dislike is so strong that there is no room for a mutual compromise. Both operate in an atmosphere of distrust and suspicion, a situation that doesn’t benefit anyone. It’s no surprise that both branches — not to mention ordinary citizens — are unhappy.

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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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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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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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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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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.

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Nation

The Russian Film Week: The Hopes and Sorrows of Russian Cinema

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05 November 2011

The 11th annual NYC Russian Film Week took place in Manhattan from October 28 to November 3, 2011. Caterina Innocente discussed the new Russian cinema, the kind you watch without pop-corn.

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World

Washington Debates the Price of Reset

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02 November 2011

Speaking at a conference hosted last week by The Heritage Foundation, Russian opposition leader and chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov delivered a withering critique of the Obama administration’s policies toward Russia. Seduced by the illusion of liberal reform during the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev, Kasparov said, Washington placed its bets on an impossible scenario, as Vladimir Putin never actually left the seat of power. James Kimer reports from Washington, DC.