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The View From Moscow
Sound and Fury To whom and why did Russian President Vladimir Putin address in his impressively aggressive Federal Assembly speach delivered on 1 March? As usual, the pundits disagree. Domestic policy experts say it was clearly a pre-electoral address, designed to communicate to voters the image of Russia as a strong superpower ahead of the […]
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Russian Youth and Civic Engagement
Unlike their elders whose grievances were largely economic, young Russians, "Putin's generation", want political change in Russia.
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