Abstract This article investigates the determinants and consequences of manipulating COVID-19 statistics in an authoritarian federation using Russian case. It abandons interpretation regime as a unitary actor acknowledges need to account for complex interaction various bureaucratic political players understand spread logic manipulation. Our estimation strategy takes advantage natural experiment...

Two prominent American specialists on the Russian economy present a fundamental analysis of basic economic factors explaining how the global financial crisis has played out in Russia and its implications for the country’s future. More specifically, the authors examine the consequences of Russia’s dependence on and addiction to resource (oil and gas) rents and of the management system put in pla...

OBJECTIVE To postulate a new possible cause of a unilaterally reduced arm swing in addition to the known medical conditions such as shoulder pathology, Erb's palsy, stroke, and Parkinson's disease. METHODS Analysis of YouTube videos depicting the gait of highly ranked Russian officials. RESULTS We found a similar walking pattern in President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev an...

In April 2007, then Russian president Vladimir Putin extolled nanotechnology research as the key to establishing Russia’s competitive advantage in the hightech world economy and the next round of the arms race. Ever since, the Kremlin has embraced nanotechnology as a strategic linchpin to its long-term global resurgence, asserting state stewardship and pouring billions into boosting the sector....

Article Karen Dawisha: Putin´s Kleptocracy. Who owns Russia? New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Delhi: Simon & Schuster 2014, 464 Seiten was published on December 1, 2022 in the journal SIRIUS – Zeitschrift für Strategische Analysen (volume 6, issue 4).

Denna bok lyfter frågan om hur vilka planer som finns i Ryssland för tiden efter Putin president. Huvudargumentet är att de strategier bygga politisk legitimitet nästan helt har fokuserats på Rysslands räddare och beskyddare. Därmed också möjliga efterträdare svårt upp en egen plattform. Den nya konstitutionen möjliggör sitta kvar fram till 2036 visar man inte någon lösning detta dilemma. Kvar ...

In August 2020, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin surprised the world by approving its first domestically developed covid-19 vaccine, before phase III clinical trials had even begun. Chris Baraniuk reviews what we know—and don’t

O objetivo do artigo é excursionar pela construção conceito de putinismo para designar um fenômeno populista característico regime político Vladimir Putin na Rússia pós-soviética. Partindo contexto histórico e da emergência liderança política Putin, apresentamos uma revisão literatura sobre o putinismo, interpretado a partir três espectros: como nova ideologia (Applebaum, 2013), novo stalinismo...