Record Rigging
Ksenia Smolyakova sums up the results of the most rigged elections in modern Russian history
Harold Chambers expects a heavy-handed and weaponized security response to the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall, particularly in regions considered prone to militancy risks, such as Ingushetia
Denis Cenusa on how the authorities in Chisinău are using Ukraine war to press Transnistria on reintegration, prompting a backlash from Tiraspol
Ksenia Smolyakova examines how voters in Russia's regions missed out on the country's main election campaign
Vakhtang Partsvania discusses how, where and why car re-exports from Georgia are expanding against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, and casts light on rising sanctions risks
Olga Logunova looks at how Russia’s banning of Twitter and Meta since the war in Ukraine began have helped push Telegram into social media dominance
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The Kremlin’s Problem with Cities
Andras Toth-Czifra investigates the central government’s latest attempts to stamp its authority over any excessively strong-minded municipal authorities
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Explaining The Rise of Telegram
Olga Logunova looks at how Russia’s banning of Twitter and Meta since the war in Ukraine began have helped push Telegram into social media dominance
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The New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus
Nurlan Aliyev untangles some of the complex dynamics unfolding across the region since Azerbaijan’s reconquest of Nagorno Karabakh
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Political bloc without borders and boundaries
Andrey Pertsev examines Sergey Kiriyenko’s empire
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Transnistria’s hybrid rebuke to Moldova’s reintegration agenda
Denis Cenusa on how the authorities in Chisinău are using Ukraine war to press Transnistria on reintegration, prompting a backlash from Tiraspol
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The unbearable lightness of Georgia’s car re-exports
Vakhtang Partsvania discusses how, where and why car re-exports from Georgia are expanding against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, and casts light on rising sanctions risks
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Devoid of substance: the 2024 presidential elections
Ksenia Smolyakova examines how voters in Russia's regions missed out on the country's main election campaign
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Russia’s New Radicalization Poses Problems
Harold Chambers expects a heavy-handed and weaponized security response to the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall, particularly in regions considered prone to militancy risks, such as Ingushetia
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Andrey Pertsev Journalist, Meduza Special Correspondent
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Ksenia Smolyakova Political Scientist
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Harold Chambers Analyst on conflict, nationalism, and security in the North Caucasus
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Denis Cenusa Political analyst, associated expert at Eastern Europe Studies Centre (Lithuania) and Expert-Grup (Moldova)