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A close look at the inner workings of authoritarian power in Russia and beyond, and the forces that could one day transform it: how the Kremlin holds and wields power, why the democratic opposition endures, and what a genuine political renewal would take

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Kremlin's Malign Influence

Conceptualizing Malign Influence of Putin’s Russia in Europe

Areas, Operators and Vulnerabilities in the Context of Political Warfare

Article by Anton Shekhovtsov Apr 1, 2020
Politics

Examining Russia’s constitutional reforms: An interview with Prof. Ben Noble

Putin’s January 15 Proposals and Russia’s Path After 2024

Article by Yana Gorokhovskaia Feb 12, 2020
Politics

Structure of Putin’s Elite in 2020

Putin’s System of Governing and the 2020 Constitutional Amendments

Report by Alexander Morozov Feb 10, 2020
Politics

Georgia at a Crossroads

The 2020 Elections, the Kremlin’s Campaigns, and the Anaklia Port

Report by Egor Kuroptev Feb 3, 2020
Politics

How the KGB Compensated for Perestroika

The KGB’s Recruitment of Foreigners Inside the Soviet Union

Article by Michael Weiss Jan 21, 2020
Politics

Putin is Panicking

Vladimir Milov on the Constitutional Reform and the Government’s Resignation

Article by Vladimir Milov Jan 17, 2020
Politics

The New Constitution of the Old President

The Kremlin’s New “Social Contract” and the Problem of 2024

Article by Ivan Preobrazhensky Jan 16, 2020
Politics

Putin drops a bomb. Or does he?

Constitutional Reform, the Government’s Resignation, and a “Citizens’ Vote”

Article by Grigory Frolov Jan 15, 2020
Politics

The Overview of Relationships of Council of Europe and Russia

From the 2014 Suspension to the 2019 Reinstatement of Russia’s Delegation

Article by Vladimir Zhbankov Jan 3, 2020
Kremlin's Malign Influence

The Kremlin’s Hostages: Victories, Difficulties and New Challenges

Free Russia House discussion in Kyiv on Ukrainian political prisoners

Article by Grigory Frolov Jan 2, 2020

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