Volgograd: History and Myth
…a major political upset for the ruling United Russia Party. The new, strong-willed mayor continued to make waves, clashing with the United-Russia-controlled city duma and Anatoly Brovko, the governor of…
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Kyrgyzstan’s Latest Revolution
…– Central Asia, located next to Parliament, announced closures during the first two days of the meeting. Like Washingtonians petrified by the first annual snow, Bishkek residents stocked up on…
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Transdnestria: A European Nowhere
…posts during the Russian Empire, the region has, since the beginning of the 19th century, been home to large groups of Russians and Ukrainians in addition to Moldovans. Russians and…
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Vestnik – Issue 4, Spring 2006
Vestnik was launched by SRAS in 2004 as one of the world’s first online academic journals focused on showcasing student research. We welcome and invite papers written by undergraduates, graduates,…
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SRAS Students Publish New Volume On Modern Security
…the students worked with experts in a variety of fields at the Terrorism Research Center, a research unit within Collegium Civitas. Collegium Civitas hosts the program. The Center is one…
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Book Review of The Right to be Helped: Deviance, Entitlement, and the Soviet Moral Order
…Russian socialism aimed to bring the world closer to a Marxian endpoint (or beginning) of history, and all citizens must eventually have their immediate needs met (through whatever means necessary),…
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Ukraine: Between Russia and Europe
…generally considered the birth of a new civilization – the Russian civilization – which was then known as simply “Rus’.” Rus’, like most of the land to its east, fell…
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Moldovan Politics: Voronin and the Communists
…Russia. Although he had some success, his objectives were often at cross purposes. For instance, he suggested that Moldova might both the EU and the Russia-led Eurasian Union and thus…
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Parnas: The People’s Freedom Party
…ensure openness in the Russian economy and the entry of Russia into the WTO; to abolish laws which limit foreign investments in competitive sectors of the Russian economy; to convert…
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Ecotourism in Siberia: Development and Challenges on Olkhon Island
Tourism in Russia today makes up approximately 16% of the nation’s economy; however, “ecotourism” comprises only about 1% of Russia’s tourism sector. Given that 65% of Russia’s diverse lands are…
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The Communists of Russia: Platform and History
…of hired Russian laborers, of Russian state employees, of rural workers, of Russian pensioners, of military personnel; he is the president and defender of motherhood and childhood, the defender of…
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Kyrgyzstan’s Energy Alternatives: Between Scylla and Charybdis
Russia has often been accused recently of “energy blackmail,” using its large hydrocarbon reserves to gain political influence in countries which are dependent on energy imports from Russia to sustain…
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Armenia’s Foreign Policy and Security Issues for 2023
…country’s flagging IT sector has been bolstered by new talent and funds. With no shared border with Russia and no current ongoing conflict with Russia, these Russians have integrated relatively…
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Cooperative Ventures of Russian Civil Society: Three Case Studies from the Memorial Human Rights Group
…“The Charter of the International Volunteer Public Organization ‘Memorial Historical, Educational, Human Rights and Charitable Society.’” Memorial. www.memo.ru/eng/about/charter.htm (English version) // http://www.memo.ru/about/ustav.htm (Russian version) (accessed April 23, 2012). Memorial Human…
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Russia’s Shrunken Air Defense Perimeter
…states by combining two of the world’s largest BMD systems. From Moscow’s perspective, BMD cooperation could improve Russian air defense force capabilities. Most importantly, Russia would gain reassurance that a…
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Pride 2007: The State of Moscow’s Gay Movement
…in a March 24 posting on the Gayrussia.ru forum, someone writing under the nickname “Adolf Eichmann” (from the Nazi officer who managed mass deportations during World War II) guaranteed “smashed-up…
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Kiev: At the Center of a Divided Country
…authority, but now religious authority over the Rus’ people. The Babtism of Rus’ is a frequent subject of art in Russian and Ukrainian culture. This icon is located inside St….
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Russian MiniLessons: Органы = Security Forces (FSB and Spies)
The following bilingual Russian MiniLesson is meant to build your vocabulary by providing Russian phrases within English text. Hover over the bold Russian to reveal its English translation. Органыsecurity services…
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Bloc of Petro Poroshenko: Party Platform
…language rights for Russian speakers. Below is the party’s platform as used for the 2014 parliamentary elections, translated for the first time to English by SRAS Translation Abroad Scholar Sophia…
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Crimea: Prosperity in Unity or Separatism?
…250 years of unchecked Russian expansion. Their fear was further aggravated by a Russian policy of attempting to draw all lands holding Orthodox Christians under the Russian flag, and still…
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