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Putin’s Plan in Syria, the Kashin Case, and Kadyrov’s Murderous Regime

19–25 September 2015

Details: 25 September 2015

In this week’s media highlights, Mitchell Orenstein writes in Foreign Affairs that the U.S. must be on guard when negotiating with Russia on Syria and Ukraine. Also, Andrew Roth of The Washington Post interviews Russian journalist Oleg Kashin five years after the brutal attack that nearly killed him.

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Moscow’s Stance on Syria, Regional Elections, and U.S.-Soviet Friendship

12–18 September 2015

Details: 18 September 2015

Nikolay Kozhanov writes for Chatham House this week about Putin’s motives in boosting the Russian military presence to Syria. Also, Maxim Trudolyubov in The New York Times analyzes the Kremlin’s strategy of keeping tight control over regional elections.

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Crimea Costs, Ukraine Police Reform, and Russian Troops in Syria

5–11 September 2015

Details: 11 September 2015

Ilan Berman writes in Foreign Affairs about the array of expensive problems Russia must fix in Crimea, including stubbornly entrenched corruption and outdated infrastructure. Also, Reid Standish in Foreign Policy examines the social media presence of Russian servicemen who are apparently aiding Bashar Assad’s forces in Syria.

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Bulgakov Diplomacy, U.S. Icebreakers, and Ukrainian Democracy Under Siege

29 August – 4 September 2015

Details: 04 September 2015

In this week’s media highlights, writer Liesl Schillinger in Foreign Policy examines a Kremlin-backed project to produce a collection of Russian literature in English. Also, Andrew Revkin of The New York Times writes about U.S. and Russian activities in the Arctic.

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Conscription Conundrum, No Putin Street, and Six Months After Nemtsov’s Murder

22–28 August 2015

Details: 28 August 2015

Amid Russia’s drive to modernize its military hardware, another problem with its armed forces has been subjected to less scrutiny: a shortage of willing soldiers, Elisabeth Braw writes in Foreign Affairs. Also this week, Tom Balmforth of RFE/RL writes about the obstacles facing investigators who are probing the killing of Boris Nemtsov.

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Show Trials, Yakunin’s Firing, and Putin’s Bonfire of Delicacies

15–21 August 2015

Details: 21 August 2015

This week, the Economist examined the highly politicized criminal trials taking place in Russia, including those of Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko and Estonian security officer Eston Kohver. Also, Leonid Bershidsky of Bloomberg View broke down the significance of Vladimir Yakunin’s dismissal from Russian Railways, while Julia Ioffe wrote in Foreign Policy about the Kremlin’s clumsy policy of destroying contraband food.

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Cold War Spy, Russian Startups, and Soviet War Myth Debunked

8–14 August 2015

Details: 14 August 2015

In this week’s media highlights, writer David E. Hoffman tells the story of Adolf Tolkachev, who became one of the CIA’s most valuable spies in the Soviet Union. Also, journalist Aleksandr Gorbachev writes about the rising wave of Russian entrepreneurs coming to start businesses in the West.

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Media Must-Reads: Russia’s Brain Drain, Dashcams for Freedom, and ‘Putin Is a Dick’

1–7 August 2015

Details: 07 August 2015

Commentator Georgy Bovt writes in The Moscow Times that Russia’s declining education system could cause a shortage of qualified workers in the country, while Nina Khrushcheva in Quartz tests the limits of political freedom in Russia by holding up a provocative sign on Red Square.

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Think Tank Controversy, Muslims in Moscow, and Travails of an Exiled Oligarch

25–31 July 2015

Details: 31 July 2015

Reporter James Kirchick ignited an intense debate this week with an article in The Daily Beast that examined whether the Carnegie Moscow Center has lost its objectivity and become too friendly toward the Kremlin. Also, Catherine Belton of Financial Times interviewed exiled former oligarch Sergei Pugachev, who said he helped bring Vladimir Putin to power.

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Omsk Tragedy, Cold War Mapmakers, and Putin’s ‘Useful Idiots’

18–24 July 2015

Details: 24 July 2015

In this week’s media highlights, military expert Alexander Golts argues that corruption in Russia’s defense industry is to blame for the tragic collapse of an Omsk barracks. Also, journalist Peter Pomerantsev writes that the Western media is playing into Putin’s hands by comparing today’s U.S.-Russia relations as a new Cold War.

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Latest Articles

Putin’s Plan in Syria, the Kashin Case, and Kadyrov’s Murderous Regime

19–25 September 2015

Moscow’s Stance on Syria, Regional Elections, and U.S.-Soviet Friendship

12–18 September 2015

Crimea Costs, Ukraine Police Reform, and Russian Troops in Syria

5–11 September 2015

Bulgakov Diplomacy, U.S. Icebreakers, and Ukrainian Democracy Under Siege

29 August – 4 September 2015

Conscription Conundrum, No Putin Street, and Six Months After Nemtsov’s Murder

22–28 August 2015

Show Trials, Yakunin’s Firing, and Putin’s Bonfire of Delicacies

15–21 August 2015

Cold War Spy, Russian Startups, and Soviet War Myth Debunked

8–14 August 2015

Media Must-Reads: Russia’s Brain Drain, Dashcams for Freedom, and ‘Putin Is a Dick’

1–7 August 2015

Think Tank Controversy, Muslims in Moscow, and Travails of an Exiled Oligarch

25–31 July 2015

Omsk Tragedy, Cold War Mapmakers, and Putin’s ‘Useful Idiots’

18–24 July 2015

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