In Russia’s largest protests in years the North Caucasus mostly stayed home. Why?
Ivan U. Klyszcz discusses possible factors in the small turnout for the 23 January protests in the North Caucasus republics
Regions
Russia’s war on Covid-19 is stalling
Vladislav Inozemtsev on how Russian authorities are losing the battle against COVID-19
The ‘paradiplomacy’ of Russia’s regions
Denis Stremoukhov looks at how and why different regions in Russia try to carve out their own foreign policy dynamics
The unconquerable Batalkhadzhintsy brotherhood
Ivan U. Klyszcz discusses the role of the secretive Sufi Batalkhadzhintsy brotherhood in Ingush politics and their persistent conflict with local authorities
A Quick Guide to Russia’s Elections on Sept. 13
Stanislav Andreychuk on how the Russian authorities will approach the various 2020 regional elections
Why is Khabarovsk backing Furgal?
Sergey Belanovsky and Anastasia Nikolskaya look into how Khabarovsk residents perceive the arrest of their governor, and examine what brings protestors onto the streets
The tragedy of politics as normal: the meaning of the protests in Khabarovsk
In Russia’s Far East, a false state clashes with a doomed civil society, writes Ivan Davydov
Bad or better governance in Russia’s regions: Do governors deserve the blame?
Aleksei Sorbale on criteria for assessing the performance of Russian governors
For Russia’s poor regions, lockdown is a luxury
Moscow’s inability to introduce a full quarantine reflects the depth of Russia’s deep regional inequalities, writes Anastasia Mironova
Russia’s Far East in the shadow of the Asian pivot
Sebastian Hoppe on why there remains much to be done to make the Russian Far East benefit from pivoting to Asia
Can Russia’s Power Vertical deal with a pandemic?
As it becomes clear that Russia’s state bureaucracy is unprepared to deal with this crisis, the Kremlin is attempting to shift responsibility, writes Georgy Bovt