Russia’s war on Covid-19 is stalling
Vladislav Inozemtsev on how Russian authorities are losing the battle against COVID-19
Category: Law & Institutions
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
The prospects for Putin’s ‘long state’
Alexander Morozov on why Putin has not become an Atatürk for post-Soviet Russia
Sanctions à la Biden
Maximillian Hess looks into what “team Biden” thinks about Russia sanctions policy
Navalny poisoning sanctions: the fate of the six
Sergei Glandin wonders why “Navalny’s list” is so short and whether the defendants will be able to lift these sanctions in the EU Court of Justice
Lessons of the Recent Past: From Tuberculosis to COVID-19 in Russia’s Prisons
Judith Pallot on the history of epidemics in Russia’s prison system and the secretive nature of the Federal Penitentiary System during the pandemic
Russia and its chemical weapons: a short history
Pavel Luzin explains why the Russian approach to disarmament of chemical weapons is so controversial