2020 in Russia: the year when politics became a crime
Ivan Davydov on key developments in Russia in 2020
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The prospects for Putin’s ‘long state’
Alexander Morozov on why Putin has not become an Atatürk for post-Soviet Russia
The split in Putin’s regime
Tatiana Stanovaya on how dreams of greatness can in fact erode the Russian state
Where was the “people’s will” in Russia’s “referendum”?
Stanislav Andreychuk considers the results of Russia’s national “referendum” on constitutional amendments
The fumbling return of Putin the Historian
Igor Gretskiy wonder why Putin has again decided to take on the role of historian
Putin’s fundamental amendment
Mikhail Turchenko unpacks what’s wrong with the constitutional amendments and the popular vote
Meaningless electioneering
Ivan Davydov is scratching his head at the vacuous and facile advertising campaigns pushing for amendments to the Russian Constitution
Putin the man, Putin the meme
Putin has become the key subject of Russian memes, writes Svetlana Shomova — once to his credit, but increasingly to his detriment
How does Putin justify resetting his term-limit clock?
Olesya Zakharova on the rhetoric of popular sovereignty used to maintain an authoritarian regime in Russia
2020: Russia’s historical watershed
Vladislav Inozemtsev on how the coronavirus will help citizens ‘swallow’ both the economic recession and constitutional reform
The Russian government’s musical chairs
Alexander Morozov on the modernization of “eternal” institutions of Putinism