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IMR’s new report: “The Rise and Fall of Sputnik V”

How the Kremlin used the coronavirus vaccine as a tool of information warfare

Details: 28 October 2021; Institute of Modern Russia

IMR is releasing a new report titled “The rise and fall of Sputnik V: How the Kremlin used the coronavirus vaccine as a tool of information warfare.” It is the first report in IMR's a new series dedicated to examining the strengths and weaknesses of the Putin regime. Based on rigorous content analysis of the coverage of Sputnik V by Russian and Western media, this study highlights the limits of the Kremlin's propaganda and disinformation campaigns as well as the Russian government's eschewed priorities, which resulted in the deep public mistrust for Sputnik V and the failures of the domestic vaccination campaign.

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IMR is launching a new project “The Kremlin complex: strengths and weaknesses of the Putin regime”

Details: 28 October 2021; Institute of Modern Russia

The Institute of Modern Russia is launching a new research project dedicated to examining the strengths and weaknesses of the Putin regime and identifying myths and misconceptions about Russia in the Western public discourse. Our goal is to identify the regime’s attributes that are perceived in the West as strengths, and to give them a critical appraisal with a focus on their ambivalent nature.

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Why the Kremlin is increasing pressure on Ukraine

Details: 26 October 2021; Mykola Vorobiov

The Ukraine situation remains an important factor in the relationship between Moscow and Washington, as testified to by the agenda of American diplomat Victoria Nuland’s recent visit to Russia. In defiance to that, Russian authorities openly decry the “pointlessness” of negotiations with Ukraine’s current administration.

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Opinions

Vladimir Gelman: “Russia’s leadership is increasingly facing problems of succession and lack of perspective”

Details: 17 October 2021; Olga Khvostunova

December 26, 2021, will mark 30 years since the Soviet Union was officially dissolved. As such, the Institute of Modern Russia has launched a series of interviews with experts to discuss the post-Soviet decades and identify key issues of the Russian transition and their impact on Russia’s political system and society today. In the fourth installment of the series, political scientist Vladimir Gelman spoke about the reasons for the failure of democratic reforms in Russia, the emergence of a “negative equilibrium,” the propaganda of a fictional ideal of the “good” Soviet Union, and the country’s democratic potential.

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“They keep attempting to extract testimony in exchange for my life”

Details: 11 October 2021; Vera Chelishcheva

Ten years ago, at the age of 39, Vasily Aleksanyan, a Yukos lawyer, left this world; his tragic fate haunts many people to this day. For the cold-blooded torture he was subjected to while in detention is impossible to erase from one’s memory.

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