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The Difficult Destiny of the Ukrainian Constitution

Details: 24 March 2014; Ekaterina Mishina

The restoration of the 2004 version of the Ukrainian Constitution has been one of the key legal outcomes of the Euromaidan. IMR Advisor Ekaterina Mishina examines the document’s history and shows why it was so important to restore this particular version of the Ukrainian Constitution.

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Russia’s Political Prisoners: Mikhail Kosenko

Details: 23 March 2014; Boris Bruk

The Institute of Modern Russia continues its series of publications on Russia’s political prisoners with the portrait of Mikhail Kosenko, an activist and a defendant of the Bolotnoye case. He was sentenced to forced psychiatric treatment; the court decision is to be appealed on March 25, 2014.

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Came In with a Bang, Went Out with a Whimper

Details: 23 March 2014; Alexander Podrabinek

Last week, the United States and the European Union imposed sanctions against a number of Russia’s high-profile officials, prohibiting their entrance into the respective countries and freezing their assets. But as writer Alexander Podrabinek argues, such sanctions are laughable and can have little real effect on the Kremlin’s aggressive policies.

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Corruption in Law

Details: 21 March 2014; Tatiana Stanovaya

The fight against corruption has always been a popular topic among Russian politicians, and in recent years, different elite groups have used it as an instrument for settling scores. Political analyst Tatiana Stanovaya analyzes the methods of Russia’s new anticorruption campaign.

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Russia’s Political Prisoners: Taisiya Osipova

Details: 19 March 2014; Olga Khvostunova

The Institute of Modern Russia continues its series of publications on Russia’s political prisoners with the portrait of Taisiya Osipova, an activist of the unregistered Other Russia Party.

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