Institute of Modern Russia

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Human Rights Groups Commemorate Injustice in Russia

‘Decade of Injustice’ event highlights activists imprisoned by Putin regime

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23 October 2013

Human rights groups commemorated on Tuesday [October 22] the 10th anniversary of the imprisonment of Russian businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky and said recent electoral successes by opposition activists offer hope for the future of political prisoners in Russia.

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Nation

The Catastrophe: Russia and the First World War

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25 October 2013

Alexander Yanov

The Institute of Modern Russia continues the series of articles by prominent historian Alexander Yanov. In the new installment the author discusses whether it was possible for Russia to avoid the Bolshevik coup d'état of 1917—and why it did not.

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Press

Khodorkovsky Ten Years On, Or The Tip of an Iceberg

Conference on the 10th Anniversary of the Arrest of Former Yukos CEO Held on Capitol Hill

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23 October 2013

Conference on the 10th Anniversary of the Arrest of Former Yukos CEO Held on Capitol Hill.

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World

Moscow Sees Washington Shutdown as Sign of U.S. Decline

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24 October 2013

Donald N. Jensen

The recent U.S. government shutdown was widely discussed in the Russian media. Donald N. Jensen, Resident Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, notes that the general tone of the comments was markedly less anti-American than usual.