The Folly of Shoigu’s New Siberian Cities
Nick Trickett questions why the Russian government is thinking about building new Siberian cities, when there is still plenty of work to do in developing the existing ones
Regions
What is Next for Moscow’s North Caucasus Policy?
Ivan U. Klyszcz on the prospects for a new approach to the North Caucasus
Islamic education in the North Caucasus
Alisa Shishkina on the challenges to and prospects for the Islamic education system in Russia
Spiralling radicalisation in the North Caucasus
Harold Chambers warns how heavy handed security service crackdowns are galvanising islamic radicalisation in the North Caucasus
Pro-Navalny protests are breaking records across Russia
Andrei Semenov on the January 2021 mobilisation in the context of Russian politics
The Anatomy of Regional Loyalty
Stanislav Shkel, Andrey Scherbak, and Tatiana Tkacheva reflect on why Russian ethnic minority regions show staunch support for an ethnic Russian president
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
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
