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The 2016 Tauride Readings Held in St. Petersburg

Details: 27 December 2016

On December 8 and 9, 2016, the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg hosted the 10th annual Tauride Readings, an international academic conference on parliamentary history. Among the presenters at the forum was IMR Senior Advisor Vladimir Kara-Murza.

Details: Media Must-Reads

Assassination of Russia’s Ambassador in Turkey, Political Narcissism, and Gleb Pavlovsky on Navalny’s Challenge

December 17-23, 2016

Details: 23 December 2016

In this week’s media highlights, Alexander Baunov, Leonid Isayev and Yekaterina Chulkovskaya offer their views on the context and the consequences of Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov’s assassination in Ankara; Alexander Rubtsov continues his series of essays on Russia’s political narcissism; and Gleb Pavlovsky shares his insight on Alexey Navalny’s presidency bid. 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: “The Worst Is Yet to Come for Russia’s Economy”

Details: 23 December 2016; Sergey Aleksashenko

In his latest commentary about recent events in the Russian economy, Sergey Aleksashenko, nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, analyzes available Rosstat data for 2016 and concludes that, with the exception of a few industries (agriculture, fishery, extractive sector, electricity), the economy continues to decline.

Details: News

Screenings of Nemtsov Documentary Held in Russia

Details: 15 December 2016

Public screenings of Nemtsov, a documentary film by Vladimir V. Kara-Murza, have begun across Russia. The film’s Russian premiere was held in Nizhny Novgorod; screenings also took place in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yaroslavl, and Kazan. The documentary will be shown in other Russian cities, as well as outside Russia.

Details: Media Must-Reads

Tillerson and Putin, Navalny’s Presidency Bid, and the Greatest Myths about USSR

December 10-16

Details: 16 December 2016

In this week’s media highlights, Vladimir Milov discusses the potential relationship between Putin and future U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson; Alexei Makarkin argues that the Kremlin will not let opposition leader Alexei Navalny run in the 2018 presidential elections; Alexander Rubtsov suggests that Putin may launch his own prerestroika; Kirill Martynov explains Nikita Mikhalkov’s attack on the Yeltsin-center; and Meduza debunks the most common Soviet myths. 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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