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Sergey Aleksashenko: “The Takeaways of the Keynote Interview with Nabiullina”

Details: 31 May 2017; Sergey Aleksashenko

In his latest comment about recent events in the Russian economy Sergey Aleksashenko, nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, analyzes the latest interview with Elvira Nabiullina, head of the Bank of Russia, highlighting obvious contradictions within it, and also looks at the economic indicators of the last few months and finds reason for restrained optimism.

Details: Media Must-Reads

Gogol Center in the Crosshairs, Macedonian Crisis, and State of Distrust

Russian media roundup, May 20-26, 2017

Details: 26 May 2017

In this week’s roundup, Republic writes about the recent searches at Kirill Serebrennikov’s apartment and the Moscow theater he heads; Maxim Samorukov delves into the Macedonian crisis; Dmitry Nekrasov explains on which issues Russian people don’t trust their government; and Vladislav Inozemstev speculates how Russian foreign policy can be changed for the better. If you are interested in receiving this weekly roundup in your mailbox every Friday, let us know at info@imrussia.org.

Details: Opinions

Vladimir Pastukhov: “It’s the Putin Regime that Will Spark a Revolution”

Details: 25 May 2017; Nathan Andrews

In an interview with Open Russia Vladimir Pastukhov, political scientist and honorary senior research associate at University College London, discusses the current state of Russian society, Vladimir Putin’s political perspectives, the possibilities of the government making catastrophic mistakes, and the goals of the opposition. Given its length, this interview will be published in two parts. The first part is available today, the second will appear next week.

Details: Politics

Political Schizophrenia or Existential Crisis?

Details: 24 May 2017; Olga Khvostunova

At his last week’s press conference Vladimir Putin claimed that “political schizophrenia” has been developing in the U.S. These words were said in response to the question regarding the Washington Post’s breaking story that at an Oval Office meeting with Russian diplomats Donald Trump passed to them certain classified information on ISIS. Is it possible that given the current developments inside Russia itself, Vladimir Putin made a Freudian slip? IMR’s Olga Khvostunova weighs in.

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The Khrushchovki Protests, Is Putin a Populist? And the Kremlin Aggression as Political Narcissism

Russian media roundup, May 13-19, 2017

Details: 20 May 2017

In this week’s roundup: Alexander Baunov writes that defending property rights was the central issue of the May 14 protests against the demolition of Soviet-era apartment blocks in Moscow; Maxim Trudolubov argues the opposite, pointing out that property protests can peacefully exist in authoritarian regimes; three more experts weigh in on the issue in Novaya Gazeta; Grigory Yudin and Ilya Matveyev contend that Putin is not a real populist; and Alexander Rubtsov analyzes yet another manifestation of the Putin regime’s political narcissism. If you are interested in receiving this weekly roundup in your mailbox every Friday, let us know at info@imrussia.org.

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