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Nations in Transit 2017: Populism and Demagoguery Are on the Rise

Details: 10 April 2017

On April 4, 2017, Freedom House presented its latest edition of Nations in Transit annual report focusing on the state of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Eurasia. The roundtable that followed discussed the emergence of populism in this countries, the future of liberal democracy, European security, and the spectre of illiberalism across the West

Details: Media Must-Reads

St. Petersburg Attack, the Navalny Factor, Changing Russian TV, and more

Russian media roundup, April 1-7, 2017

Details: 07 April 2017

In this week’s roundup, Vedomosti addresses the failures of the Russian special services in the wake of St. Petersburg attack; Andrei Pertsev argues that this attack is unlikely to bridge the divide inside Russian society; The New Times speaks to political commentators on the meaning of the March 26 protests; Kirill Martynov discusses the Kremlin’s potential reaction to the protests; and RBC reports that Russian state TV may be allowed to address domestic issues. 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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March 26 Protests, Will Putin Fire Medvedev? Can Russia Be Like Mexico, and more

Russian media roundup, March 24-31, 2017

Details: 31 March 2017

In this week’s media roundups, Alexander Baunov argues that the March 26 protest may help overcome the schism among the dissidents in Russia; Alexander Rubtsov writes that if the Kremlin decides to suppress the protest, it will only strengthen the dissent; Alexei Levinson contends that the protest was not about Medvedev, but rather about the nature of the regime; Andrei Kolesnikov suggests that Putin will not cede to public pressure and fire his prime minister now; and Republic spoke to Russian economists about the country’s “oil curse.” 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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Kyiv in Crisis, Emptiness Instead of Thaw, and Three Years of Crimea Annexation

Russian media roundup, March 18-24, 2017

Details: 24 March 2017

In this week’s media roundup, Maxim Artemyev weighs on the consequences of Denis Voronenkov’s assassination in Kyiv; Andrei Pertsev discusses the “Kiriyenko Thaw” that never happened; Vladislav Inozemtsev raises the question of LNR and DNR potentially joining Russia; Meduza interviews Leonid Grach, who details how Russian special services had been helping Crimea since 2005; Novaya Gazeta speaks to Communist Andrei Klychkov, a Moscow Mayor election hopeful. If you are interested in receiving this weekly roundup in your mailbox every Friday, let us know at info@imrussia.org.

Details: Economics

Sergey Aleksashenko: “There Is No Raw Materials Dependency”

Details: 23 March 2017; Sergey Aleksashenko

In his latest commentary about recent developments in the Russian economy, Sergey Aleksashenko, nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, weighs on the recent data released by Rosstat, noting signs of the economy finally “bottoming out” and wondering at the Bank of Russia’s stubborn policy of keeping the key rate intact.

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