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Russia’s Currency Reserves: More than Enough or Alarmingly Low?

Details: 27 July 2015; Ezekiel Pfeifer

Russia’s foreign currency reserves have plummeted by more than $140 billion since the beginning of 2014, but the current level of $360 billion is more than adequate to cover short-term debt payments. Because of the structure of the reserves, however, they are actually more vulnerable than appears at first glance, writes IMR analyst Ezekiel Pfeifer.

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Vitaly Portnikov: ‘Ukraine Will Have Friendly and Honest Relations with a Russia That Seeks European Integration’

Details: 23 July 2015; Leonid Martynyuk

The Institute of Modern Russia continues its series of interviews with experts on the situation in Russia, its relations with the West, and the future of the country’s political system. On the eve of the anniversary of the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Donetsk, journalist Leonid Martynyuk spoke with Ukrainian writer Vitaly Portnikov about the various theories that exist regarding the cause of the tragedy, the possibility of an international tribunal to investigate the incident, Putin’s plans with regard to Ukraine, and future relations between the two countries.

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Omsk Tragedy, Cold War Mapmakers, and Putin’s ‘Useful Idiots’

18–24 July 2015

Details: 24 July 2015

In this week’s media highlights, military expert Alexander Golts argues that corruption in Russia’s defense industry is to blame for the tragic collapse of an Omsk barracks. Also, journalist Peter Pomerantsev writes that the Western media is playing into Putin’s hands by comparing today’s U.S.-Russia relations as a new Cold War.

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Russia’s Image, Nations in Transit, and Security Threats to the Baltics

June 2015

Details: 22 July 2015

The Forsa Research Center • Public Opinion Research Center • The World Justice Project • Freedom House • Center for European Policy Analysis • The Finnish Institute of International Affairs

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Views of the Ukraine Crisis, and Russian Media and Politics

June 2015

Details: 22 July 2015

Brookings Institution • Carnegie Endowment

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