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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
Arms trafficking in the shadow of the Taliban
Eric Woods warns that the Taliban takeover could be a boon for the region’s arms smugglers, with a major risk of weapons leaking north into Russia
Authoritarian Russia: The trajectory of political evolution
Vladimir Gelman on the mechanisms behind the emergence and consolidation of post-Soviet authoritarianism in Russia
Are these Russia’s last elections?
Stanislav Andreychuk explains why the 2021 Duma elections may not be the worst, but could be the last ones before an opaque rollout of e-voting systems
Dynamics of Illiberalism in Russia and Eurasia
Julian G. Waller on the evolution and innovations behind Russia’s illiberal turn
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Are these Russia’s last elections?
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OUR AUTHORS
Non-Resident Fellow at the Illiberalism Studies Program and a Ph.D Candidate in Political Science at George Washington University
Doctor of Political Science, Professor at the Department of Political Science, European University at St. Petersburg
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, European University at St. Petersburg
