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The Manezh Riots Roundup
They didn't come in peace, but they did come angry. Lots of ink, not to mention no small amount of blood, has already been spilled over the racial unrest that’s visited Moscow and some other cities in...
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Liberal Nationalism
Vladimir Milov calls liberals to arms? Though everything under the sun in Russian politics is hours away from revolving solely and entirely around the (likely guilty) verdict handed down to Mikhail...
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Navalny’s Nationalism
“I don’t know why foreigners love to always photograph me in vests. A possible explanation is that, in every foreign article about me, it’s necessary to cautiously mention that my ‘general views are...
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The Night They Dined in Hell: Russia After Sagra
Last September, the rock group Leningrad released a controversial song about the much debated Khimki Forest. The music video featured a violent medley of famous cartoon characters fighting a grand...
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Just A Man & His Will to Survive: Medvedev the Fighter?
Taking aim? On September 8th, Russia’s two most prominent Dimas (President Medvedev and Representative to NATO Rogozin) both delivered speeches in Yaroslavl at the Global Policy Forum. The theme of the...
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The Nationalists Are Coming
Over the weekend, Bolotnaia Square hosted the latest gathering of ‘Khvatit kormit’ Kavkaz!’ (Enough feeding the Caucasus!), a Russian nationalist movement that first emerged last April. Saturday’s...
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It Ain’t Lonely at the Top: Navalny’s Tenuous Coalition
It’s been several months since I first addressed the nationalist views of Aleksei Navalny, whose political prominence continues to grow by leaps and bounds. As it has throughout his public life,...
View ArticleNew Books Network Interview with Jeffrey Mankoff
Another of my New Books Network interviews has gone live. In this episode, I spoke with Jeffrey Mankoff, an adjunct fellow with the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and...
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