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“Reset” Featured in Romney-Obama Debate – But Not Enough

Details: 26 October 2012; Vladimir Kara-Murza

During the foreign policy debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney on October 22nd, there were ten references to Russia, but most of them were only in passing. The Republican nominee did criticize the current administration’s “reset” with Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime – but only once. According to IMR Advisor Vladimir Kara-Murza, if the Romney campaign wants to get an edge in foreign policy, it should draw more attention to the candidates’ differing approaches to Russia.

Details: Events

“Putin's Prisoner” Book Launch

Details: 22 October 2012

You are cordially invited to the U.S. launch of Mikhail Khodorkovsky's new book: Putin's Prisoner. The event will take place on October 25th at the 3-Legged Dog Gallery on 80 Greenwich Street, Studio B, Manhattan, NY 10006. Pavel Khodorkovsky, President of the Institute of Modern Russia (IMR), is scheduled to make a speech introducing his father's long-awaited memoir. Guests will be presented with 200 free copies of the book, generously provided by IMR.

Details: Nation

Putin's Ten Seconds

Details: 29 October 2012

"I'll begin with my favorite video. This video became my favorite because, on this memorable State Security Agents' Day (or Day of the Chekist) in December 1999, a young, unknown, and therefore not fully understood Vladimir Putin, in a flight of almost childish enthusiasm and sincerity, publicly told us that the forces of the former KGB (now code-named "FSB" for the sake of secrecy) had taken over the Russian government."

Details: Nation

To the Viewers

Details: 29 October 2012

IMR website launches a new project: Felshtinsky's Video Blog. The Institute's Advisor, Yuri Felshtinsky, - a prominent Russian American historian and the co-author (together with Alexander Litvinenko) of the book "Blowing Up Russia" - will select and analyze the most interesting YouTube videos on Russian politics. The videos and commentaries will be published regularly. All our readers are welcome to join the discussion!

Details: World

U.S. Experts Slam Putin’s “Paranoia,” Obama’s “Wishful Thinking” in Foreign Policy

Details: 19 October 2012

The Kremlin’s insistence on undermining U.S. attempts to achieve a political transition in Syria, and its support for the regime of Bashar al-Assad could backfire against Russia’s interests in the Middle East. According to foreign policy experts who joined this week’s discussion at the Heritage Foundation in Washington D.C., Vladimir Putin is taking “a major gamble.”

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