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Deathonomics 2.0: Why the System Is Starting to Stall

Vladislav Inozemtsev on the challenges that «deathonomics» poses for modern Russia and how long the system can keep running without radical changes
Riddle Political News Week
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Authors
  • Vladislav Inozemtsev

    Co-founder and Advisory Council Member, Center for Analysis and Strategies in Europe
  • Vakhtang Partsvania

    Economist, Professor of Management at Caucasus University
  • Galiya Ibragimova

    Political scientist, expert on Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • Dmitri Stratievski

    Political scientist and historian (FU Berlin), and director of the Berlin Center for East European Studies (Osteuropa-Zentrum Berlin e.V.).
  • Alexey Uvarov

    Political Scientist
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