Institute of Modern Russia

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The Prime Minister's New Suits: Medvedev's Cabinet of Technocrats

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28 May 2012

Pavel Ivlev

In the recently-announced Russian cabinet of ministers, led by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, nearly three-quarters of appointees are new to their posts. Many of them had been deputy ministers during Medvedev's presidency, earning the new cabinet the nickname of "Cabinet of Deputy Ministers," while their former bosses have moved into the presidential cabinet. Russian attorney and business consultant Pavel Ivlev profiles the appointees, concluding that the competition among them is unlikely to lead to progress in the country.

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The Simulacrum of a President

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07 May 2012

Olga Khvostunova

On May 7th, Dmitry Medvedev, the third Russian President, officially left office. During his term, he launched a number of promising initiatives, including countrywide modernization, a war on corruption, and founding the Russian Silicon Valley. However, almost all of his endeavors led to the opposite of their intended result. IMR's Olga Khvostunova details Medvedev's progress through the political apparatus to show why these failures were inevitable.

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Stanislav Belkovsky: The System Must Be Destroyed, Not Reformed. An Entirely New One Must Be Created

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10 April 2012

Olga Khvostunova

Russian political analyst and Director of the Institute of National Strategy Stanislav Belkovsky spoke with IMR's Olga Khvostunova on the need for a pivotal change of the state paradigm for the rebirth of Russia.

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Andrei Piontkovsky: Putin Has No More Than Two Years Left

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22 March 2012

Olga Khvostunova

According to leading political analyst Andrei Piontkovsky , the majority of people who voted for Vladimir Putin were politically passive and poorly informed. He recently spoke to IMR’s Olga Khvostunova about Putin, the March elections, and the future of the opposition movement.

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Who is Mr. Navalny?

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18 January 2012

Olga Khvostunova

Anyone with even the slightest interest in Russian politics is familiar with the name Alexei Navalny. During Navalny’s relatively short public and political career, he has managed to become the subject of various myths and has been called a social climber, a nationalist, and a populist, among other things. Olga Khvostunova analyzes Alexei Navalny's biography, his interviews and his blog in an attempt to separate myth from reality.

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Yevgenia Chirikova: Putin Will Come to Power Because of Our Fragmentation

Civil society and activism

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23 November 2011

Caterina Innocente

Сaterina Innocente spoke with Evgenya Chirikova about Putin regime's corruption schemes, Russian liberal opposition's disturbing fragmentation, as well as about Evgenya's understanding of patriotism and her efforts of turning "vegetables" into the active citizens.

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Andrey Piontkovsky: Which Will Fall First – the Regime or Russia as a State?

Putin's political model is obsolete, says Andrei Piontkovsky

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25 October 2011

Olga Khvostunova

According to Andrey Piontkovsky, Senior Fellow at the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute for Systems Analysis, Vladimir Putin's one man dictatorship has been effectively put into place as of September 2011. Piontkovsky spoke with IMR’s Olga Khvostunova about the catastrophic consequences of this regime and about the essential role that the political elite plays in this process.

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Boris Nemtsov: In Russia one should live long

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26 September 2011

Caterina Innocente

Caterina Innocente speaks with Boris Nemtsov, a leading member of the Russian opposition, about the latest governmental reshuffle, the dangers of Putinism, and the importance of the Cardin List

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Pavel Khodorkovsky: Authorities are afraid of cataclysms

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18 September 2011

Caterina Innocente

Pavel Khodorkovsky, the oldest son of Russia's No. 1 political prisoner, spoke with Caterina Innocente about his views on the prospects for the social movement and political change in the country.

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Leon Aron: Great Revolutions Evolve in Cycles

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01 September 2011

Caterina Innocente

On the 20th anniversary of the August Coup in the USSR, Leon Aron, Director of Russian Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, talked with Caterina Innocente about his vision of the political prospects for modern Russia.