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Putinism’s Contradictions: Vertical or Horizontal Power?

Details: 31 January 2014; Donald N. Jensen

According to a recent study by Russian political analyst Stanislav Belkovsky, Vladimir Putin is gradually losing control over the political system and is no longer considered an undisputed arbiter by different power groups. Donald Jensen, Resident Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, discusses the report and draws his own conclusions.

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“Destabilization of Government” as Terrorism: Legislative Echo of the Volgograd Bombings

Details: 23 January 2014; Alexander Podrabinek

The Russian Duma is considering new “antiterrorist” legislation that would further tighten state control over Russian citizens. Among other things, “destabilization of government bodies” will be equated with “terrorist activity.” Author and analyst Alexander Podrabinek notes that the Kremlin has once again used terrorist attacks as a pretext to expand its own powers.

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Alexander Cherkasov: “The Existence of Political Prisoners Is a Very Grave Symptom”

Details: 22 January 2014; Boris Bruk

The Institute of Modern Russia begins a series of publications on Russia’s political prisoners. The list of political prisoners designated by Memorial Human Rights Center on the basis of international human rights criteria has been published on the IMR website. In an interview with IMR Advisor Boris Bruk, Alexander Cherkasov, the chairman of Memorial, explains who should be considered a political prisoner and why.

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The List of Persons Recognized as Political Prisoners by Russia’s Memorial Human Rights Center

Details: 22 January 2014

The list of persons recognized as political prisoners by Russia’s Memorial Human Rights Center on the basis of international human rights criteria was first published on October 30, 2013. It is published here as it stands on January 22, 2014, with the latest additions.

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Nicholas I and the Revolutions of 1848

Details: 21 January 2014; Alexander Yanov

The Institute of Modern Russia continues its series of articles by Alexander Yanov on the history of Russian nationalism. In this new essay, the author explains how the 1848 revolution brought Nicholas I to developing a new state paradigm—Pan-Slavism.

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