Experimental Russia of the future
Kirill Shamiev on how an experimental approach to reforms will ensure Russia’s dynamic development
Law & Institutions
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
Authoritarian Russia: The trajectory of political evolution
Vladimir Gelman on the mechanisms behind the emergence and consolidation of post-Soviet authoritarianism in Russia
Dynamics of Illiberalism in Russia and Eurasia
Julian G. Waller on the evolution and innovations behind Russia’s illiberal turn
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”
30 years of constitutional justice in the Russian Federation: What needs to change?
Yulia Khalikova on how to strengthen the Constitutional Court in Russia
Expert evidence in Russian courts
Dmitry Dubrovsky on how Russian expert evidence can be used to help the courts instead of being a servant of the investigation
Belarus sanctions and the implications for Russia
Maria Shagina on increased sanctions risks for Russian companies to deal directly and indirectly with Belarusian sanctioned entities
The cold logic of forced labour in Russia
Judith Pallot on what lies behind FSIN’s promotion of “forced labour as an alternative to deprivation of liberty”
Who is better at fixing roads?
Margarita Zavadskaya on local governance models and the quality of public goods
A respite from the sanctions war
Vladislav Inozemtsev on how the sanctions policy against Moscow has become a stage setting for interstate communication instead of a means of persuasion