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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.”

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.

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.

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.

Details: Events

No Chance for Russian Opposition

Details: 27 September 2011; Olga Khvostunova

On September 16, Institute of Modern Russia and the Harriman Institute (CU) hosted a discussion panel entitled “Russian Elections 2011-12: Is There a Chance For Political Opposition”. The answer to that question was, unfortunately, no — unless there are some substantial changes in the political system.

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