Emergency law-making
Ekaterina Borovikova, Natalia Smirnova, Maxim Sorokin and Denis Shedov on the picture of the legislative process in Russia emerging from the data and the impact of the pandemic on law-making
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
The impact of Smart Voting on the 2020 elections
Mikhail Turchenko and Grigori Golosov evaluate the effectiveness of smart voting
Technology against electoral fraud: A focus on transparency
Julia Krivonosova on whether electoral technologies can help combat fraud
When we all become “foreign agents”
Ivan Davydov explains the Kremlin’s addiction to targeting “foreign agents”
What is the difference between the upcoming Duma elections and the 2016 elections?
Grigorii Golosov on whether opposition-minded voters can stop United Russia from winning a majority in the Duma
30 years of constitutional justice in the Russian Federation: What needs to change?
Yulia Khalikova on how to strengthen the Constitutional Court in Russia