Law & Institutions
A tale of two pipelines
Maria Shagina sees echoes of 1982 in how the US is reacting to the construction of Nord Stream 2
Russia’s opaque digitalisation
Vladimir Gel’man on how digitalisation should aid public accountability mechanisms in contemporary Russia, but is currently helping to thwart it
Is the OSCE still relevant in Nagorno Karabakh?
Bradley Reynolds looks at how Russia’s deployment of peacekeepers between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno Karabakh limits the options for the OSCE
Russia’s censored judges
Yulia Khalikova looks at a recent ban on Constitutional Court judges publishing a dissenting opinion
Russia’s war on Covid-19 is stalling
Vladislav Inozemtsev on how Russian authorities are losing the battle against COVID-19
Sanctions Should Impose Costs Where They Are Due
Maxim Trudolyubov delves into whether sanctions have been ‘effective’ at holding authoritarian regimes to account
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
Sanctions and the Russian defence industry
Pavel Luzin on Moscow’s worries about the Western sanctions
The future of anti-Kremlin sanctions
Vladislav Inozemtsev on why sanctions against Moscow have not yet brought the desired results
The impact of Covid-19 on Russia’s courts
OVD-Info lawyers and analysts Alexandra Baeva, Natalia Smirnova and Denis Shedov have flagged up several issues affecting Russia’s courts during the pandemic
Is there a peace plan for Karabakh?
Ivan Preobrazhensky looks at how the international community will have a tough time thrashing out a lasting peace settlement between Armenia and Azerbaijan