Almost 25 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, crime and policy responses to it are critical to understanding the political dynamics of the region.
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Gavin Slade & Matthew LightWhat does Boris Nemtsov’s murder mean for Russia?
Joshua Tucker
The more I think about Nemtsov’s murder, the more worried I am about what comes next.
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Eliot Borenstein
In the absence of facts, the speculation about possible culprits says far less about reality than it does about the speculators’ worldviews.
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