Mikhail Turchenko unpacks what’s wrong with the constitutional amendments and the popular vote
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Lincoln Pigman looks back at a short-lived and misguided attempt to censor a popular messaging app
Vladimir Gelman on why Russia has so far failed the coronavirus test
Olesya Zakharova on the rhetoric of popular sovereignty used to maintain an authoritarian regime in Russia
Vladislav Inozemtsev on what awaits Russia in the coming months
Stanislav Andreychuk looks at why the Russian government pushed for a referendum on constitutional amendments
As it becomes clear that Russia’s state bureaucracy is unprepared to deal with this crisis, the Kremlin is attempting to shift responsibility, writes Georgy Bovt
Julia Krivonosova considers what must be done to hold an election during a public health emergency
Vladislav Inozemtsev on how the coronavirus will help citizens ‘swallow’ both the economic recession and constitutional reform
Ivan Preobrazhensky on the constitutional transition
Alexander Morozov on the modernization of “eternal” institutions of Putinism
Margarita Zavadskaya explains why Russia’s municipalities are so poorly governed, and why a handful of areas are exceptions to that rule