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Podcast: The Use of Twitter Bots in Russian Political Communications
Today, "All the Russias" is pleased to feature a podcast recorded during the annual conference of the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia). PONARS...
Will it be ‘happy talk’ — or will Trump and Putin focus on arms control and other critical issues?
With the U.S.-Russia summit approaching, I reached out to former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and current Stanford University political science professor Michael McFaul. McFaul, who recently published “From Cold War...
Putin won reelection. Now he’s a "lame duck." What will that mean?
To nobody’s surprise, Russian President Vladimir Putin won reelection to a fourth term on March 18, by a wide margin. With Putin’s (last?) presidential election in the books, I reached...
Tracing Communism’s Reach, 100 Years After the Russian Revolution: An Interview with Joshua Tucker
Was Fukuyama right? Did communism die with the Soviet Union? Your answer may depend, in part, on your definition of what it means for an ideology to be “living.” But...
Russians are protesting! Why? A Monkey Cage Symposium
Do the protests that took place across 99 cities in Russia on Sunday signify that meaningful change in Russian politics is likely?
Kompromat: Everything You Wanted to Know (But Were Afraid to Ask)
The logic is simple: If you know that “the services” have a file on you, with information that could get you arrested or destroy your career, you are not very...
Here’s How Trump’s Election Will Affect U.S.-Russian Relations
Donald Trump broke new ground — especially for a Republican candidate — with his consistent praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
What does Boris Nemtsov’s murder mean for Russia?
The more I think about Nemtsov’s murder, the more worried I am about what comes next.
Will Russia’s economic turmoil affect its foreign policy?
How is the current financial crisis in Russia likely to affect Putin’s foreign policy choices in the short to mid-term future?