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Three Motives and One Reason

Details: 22 May 2013; Tatiana Stanovaya

The Russian media have already said goodbye to Vladislav Surkov and talked about the end of his era once. This was in December 2011, as mass protest rallies heated up in the country. Recently, Surkov left the government again, but this time, he left for nowhere. Political analyst Tatiana Stanovaya discusses the fate and prospects of the once all-powerful éminence grise.

Details: Nation

"Golden Age of Russian Nationalism"

Details: 21 May 2013; Alexander Yanov

The Institute of Modern Russia continues the series of publications by prominent scholar Alexander Yanov on the history of Russian nationalism. In this article, the author analyzes the reasons for the Slavophiles’ victory over the adherents of “state patriotism.”

Details: Politics

Bolotnaya Square, One Year Later

Details: 16 May 2013; Tatiana Stanovaya

On May 6, one year after clashes between demonstrators and police in Bolotnaya Square, a new rally took place in Moscow that showed that the core of the protest movement in Russia has stabilized at 20,000 to 30,000 people. These numbers are considerably higher than those that rallies attracted before 2011, but they are not sufficient to influence the Kremlin. Political analyst Tatiana Stanovaya discusses the situation in which Russia’s nonsystemic opposition finds itself today.

Details: Politics

She Has Stepped Into Eternity. In Memory of Galina Starovoitova

Details: 16 May 2013; Boris Bruk

On May 17, Galina Starovoitova—people’s deputy of the USSR and RSFSR, member of the Russian State Duma and co-founder of Democratic Russia movement—would have celebrated her 67th birthday. She was murdered at her house in St. Petersburg in 1998. IMR Advisor Boris Bruk recalls Starovoitova’s life and her political legacy.

Details: World

Putin Shows Kerry Who’s Boss

Details: 14 May 2013; Donald N. Jensen

The recent visit by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Moscow signaled the Obama administration’s desire to improve its relations with the Kremlin. Donald N. Jensen, Resident Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, contends that democracy and human rights are unlikely to be high on Washington’s agenda.

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