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The Growing Abyss

Ksenia Smolyakova on the context of the current elections in Russia
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Authors
  • Ksenia Smolyakova

    Political Scientist
  • Andrey Pertsev

    Journalist, Meduza Special Correspondent
  • Olga Irisova

    Editor-in-Chief at Riddle, political analyst. Galina Starovoitova Fellow at Kennan Institute (2019). German chancellor fellow at Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2021−2022)
  • Nurlan Aliyev

    Ph.D. in philosophy and security studies. Lecturer in the University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw. He is the author of «Reassessing Russia’s Security Policy».
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