Category Archives: Russia

Oct 21 2019

Whose freedom, and from what?: The child as cipher for a (transnational) politics of ‘traditional values’

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Posted in: Europe, Gender, Germany, Maria Brock, Russia

By Maria Brock Awareness of increasing (and increasingly politicised) sentiment against so-called ‘gender ideology’ is spreading, and no longer merely confined to academic and activist circles. Indeed, while her work is considered notoriously inaccessible to those outside academe, Judith Butler, … Continue reading →

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Jul 30 2019

Inspiring the fight? Protests and Voter Defections in Electoral Autocracies

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Posted in: Elections, Russia

By Katerina Tertytchnaya As protests unfold in electoral autocracies – regimes that combine authoritarian practices with multiparty elections – voters who previously supported the ruling regime are expected to shift and back the opposition. However, by looking at the case of … Continue reading →

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Sep 9 2016

Fantastic Mr President: The Hyperrealities of Putin and Trump

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Posted in: Maria Brock, Media, Nationalism, Russia

By Maria Brock In July 2016 – more than 15 years into his time in office – Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin’s approval rating was at 82%, a figure made all the more remarkable by the fact that the country is experiencing … Continue reading →

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Nov 12 2015

The Ultimate Sovereign Debt Showdown: Russia & Ukraine likely to battle it out in court!

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Posted in: Russia, Ukraine

By Kanad Bagchi Against the backdrop of acute political instability, civil war, the loss of Crimea, and a debilitating state of public finances, Ukraine remarkably secured a debt restructuring deal with its international bondholders on 27th August 2015, potentially augmenting … Continue reading →

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Jul 20 2015

Identity politics and kin-state relations from the bottom-up in Crimea and Moldova

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Posted in: Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

By Eleanor Knott In 1991, Moldova declared itself an independent state as part of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In 2014, the recognised Ukrainian territory of Crimea was annexed by Russia. Here, Eleanor Knott discusses identity politics and kin-state … Continue reading →

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Apr 29 2015

Pussy Riot as a Symptom of Putinism

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Posted in: Maria Brock, Russia

By Maria Brock Pussy Riot’s recent guest appearance on the third season of US hit show House of Cards demonstrates that the arguably most famous faces of the Russian opposition have not lost their international appeal, especially when facing off … Continue reading →

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Apr 16 2015

Time for a New Western Strategy in Ukraine

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Posted in: Europe, Russia, Ukraine

By Robert W. Murray To date, the western strategy towards the ongoing war in Ukraine has been a failure. Not only has there been no cessation of violence, but the violence in certain areas of Eastern Ukraine is actually worsening, … Continue reading →

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Apr 3 2015

The Ukrainian Crisis: A Year On

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Posted in: Europe, Germany, Roberto Orsi, Russia, Ukraine

By Roberto Orsi More than a year has gone by since the overthrowal of Viktor Yanukovich, the starting point of a severe international crisis between Moscow and the West, successively escalated by Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and the outbreak of … Continue reading →

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Dec 3 2014

“We have a long history of getting it wrong on Russia” – Interview with David Crouch

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Posted in: Europe, Interviews, Media, Russia, Sweden

Euro Crisis in the Press talks to David Crouch about media coverage of EU-Russia relations and the recent search for Russian submarines off the Swedish coast. You were covering the recent search for Russian submarines off the Swedish coast. How well … Continue reading →

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Sep 9 2014

A Few Reflections on the Demonisation of Putin

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Posted in: Europe, Roberto Orsi, Russia

By Roberto Orsi Henry Kissinger once declared that “Putin’s demonisation is not a policy, but an alibi for the absence of one”. However authoritative the source of this recommendation, the collective fixation with the Russian President has reached new heights … Continue reading →

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