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Breaking Bad: What Drives the Georgian Dream Party

Vakhtang Partsvania explains how the actions of the Georgian Dream party go beyond the geopolitical choice between the West and Russia, deepening Georgia’s internal crisis and international isolation
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Promoting Oreshnik missile
Andrey Pertsev sums up the week (November 25−29)
Andrey Pertsev sums up the week (November 25−29)
By Andrey Pertsev
In the kingdom of economic paradoxes

Vladislav Inozemtsev discusses the crises in the Russian economy and possible scenarios for overcoming them
The interests of Ukraine and the Russian opposition: Complex relations without false contradictions

Alexey Uvarov’s response to Aleksandar Djokic’s article ‘Russia's Opposition and The Ukrainian Government: Divergent Interests?'
Will Russia use nuclear weapons in Ukraine?

Anton Barbashin on Russia's possible response to Biden’s green light for Ukraine to fire US long-range missiles deep into Russia
March Mertz?

Dmitry Stratievski on the collapse of the ruling coalition in Germany and the conservative candidate for chancellor
Memory and Democracy: Rethinking Key Dates in Russian History

Alexey Uvarov discusses the commemorative dates that can be invoked to shape a democratic narrative in future Russia
Top reads
  • Putin vs. Trump: Round 2

    Anton Barbashin on why Moscow should not rejoice at Donald Trump's presidential election

  • How Moscow sees the future of BRICS after the Kazan Summit

    Anton Barbashin on how Russian experts and public commentators assessed the latest BRICS summit in Russia

  • Sanctions, localisation and the Russian auto components industry

    Vakhtang Partsvania shows how the Russian auto components industry has been developing against the backdrop of sanctions and restructuring in the automotive sector

  • Will Russia use nuclear weapons in Ukraine?

    Anton Barbashin on Russia's possible response to Biden’s green light for Ukraine to fire US long-range missiles deep into Russia

  • Russia’s Opposition and The Ukrainian Government: Divergent Interests?

    Aleksandar Djokic explains why the interests of Ukraine and the Russian liberal opposition have a hard time aligning

  • Caught Between Moscow and the West: Armenia’s Precarious Diversification

    Tigran Grigoryan and Karena Avedissian on Armenia’s outreach for new defense and diplomatic partners amid ongoing economic dependence on Moscow

  • The Unfulfilled Promise of Russia’s 1991 Constitution

    Jeff Hawn and Alexey Uvarov explore the drafting of the Russian Constitution in the 1990s, contrasting democratic aspirations with centralized power

  • Memory and Democracy: Rethinking Key Dates in Russian History

    Alexey Uvarov discusses the commemorative dates that can be invoked to shape a democratic narrative in future Russia

Authors
  • Vakhtang Partsvania

    Economist, Professor of Management at Caucasus University
  • Andrey Pertsev

    Journalist, Meduza Special Correspondent
  • Vladislav Inozemtsev

    Director, Centre for Post-Industrial Studies
  • Alexey Uvarov

    Visiting researcher at the University of Bonn, Department of Eastern European History. Holder of the Scholars at Risk scholarship from the Gerda Henkel Foundation.
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