US Elections Come to Moscow
…those regions has become a vital issue that could potentially swing votes to one candidate or the other. The day before, at the Carnegie Endowment Center in Moscow, McFaul also…
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Vladimir Putin: Presidential Platform, 2012
…information technology for the propaganda of cruelty, nationalism, pornography, drugs, smoking, and alcoholism. We will not allow the vile products of mass culture to cripple the moral and psychological health…
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Catholic and Protestant: Two Religious Periodicals and US-Soviet Relations, 1930-1950
…experiences.”[37] Perhaps the most unusual editorial to appear during this period was Thomas F. Doyle’s “The Catholic Church in Russia.” One unusual feature of this article was the subject itself….
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Armenia’s Foreign Policy and Security Issues for 2023
…America, India, and Zimbabwe for processing and export to other Caucuses and Middle Eastern states. Several processing companies including Grand Tobacco Armenian-Canadian Joint Venture Ltd., are ranked among Armenia’s largest…
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The ‘Norman Problem’ in Historiography: Nationalism and the Origins of Russia
…highly hypothetic theories assume the form of political dogmas that might seriously affect world policies, it is necessary to call for alertness. Highly hypothetical theories can quite easily turn into…
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The Komsomol(s)
…this way, the ugly forms of social organization that currently exist are inevitably preserved. Global capitalism, the emerging global economic system, and its influential political centers will not allow any…
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VESTNIK- Issue 20, Fall, 2016
…Trends in Cultural Education in Kyrgyzstan Bolshevik Anti-Free Press Discourse, 1917-1922 Sufi-Salafi Institutional Competition and Conflict in the Chechen Republic Visual Propaganda of Personal Care during the Stalinist Cultural Revolution…
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Russia’s Communists Celebrate a Birthday… and Possible Succession?
…at Zyuganov’s retirement, could supply him with additional political capital to help steer his preferred succession process within his party. This would contribute to stability within the Communist Party and…
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Maxim Oreshkin: Young Technocrat and Minister of Economic Development
…in Economics. Banking Career and Beginning in Civil Service Oreshkin worked at Russia’s Central Bank from 2002-2006, starting while still pursuing his master’s degree. During his time at the Central…
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The Logistics of Social Change and Times of Crisis
…from people supporting or resisting change. Less obviously, they also come from the physical infrastructure, social organization, and government policies already in place. How these help or hinder social change…
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Book Review of Music and Soviet Power by Marina Frolova-Walker and Jonathan Walker
…to ideology, Frolova quotes the ideological platform proposed by the 1924 Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians (RAPM): “The goal of art is to modify the human psyche through the emotional,…
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Alexei Navalny: Mayoral Platform for 2013
…spontaneous parking. Terminate “squatter parking regions” created by public and private organizations. Implement universal oversight of parking violations: everywhere, always, and for everyone. Create a special city service to enforce…
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The Effects of the Mongol Empire on Russia
…tabulation, which allowed for the collection of taxes. To support censuses, the Mongols imposed a special dual system of regional administration headed by military governors, the basqaqi (баскаки), and/or civilian…
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Sochi: Russia’s Summer Capital
…Northwest Caucasus came under Ottoman influence via their nearby client state of the Crimean Tatars. The Genoese regional capital Caffa was besieged by a joint Ottoman-Crimean force in 1453, the…
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Right Cause Searches for Right Path: Part II
…идей. We have established that our political system, “Capitalism for All,” should be constructed upon the principles of democracy, freedom of information, and alteration of power brought about by competition…
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How Does Income Affect Suicide Rates? Regional Evidence from Russia
…provides annual national- and regional-level statistics for a number of economic and socio-demographic indicators from 1990-2010. I was able to obtain annual data for the following explanatory variables: gross regional…
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Moldova
…widespread destruction and also great development. With the Russian Revolution in 1917, Moldova entered a period of great upheaval, going through several transitional governments and a brief union with Romania…
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Moldovan Politics: Voronin and the Communists
…calm the situation, Voronin called for a recount of the votes and, although the recount confirmed the original results, parliament was still left divided and unable to elect a president….
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US-Russia Cybersecurity Cooperation: Future Paths and Historical Perspective
…external information threats, allowing to ensure the constitutional human and civil rights and freedoms, the decent quality and standard of living for citizens, the sovereignty, the territorial integrity and sustainable…
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Tatarstan: Semiautonomous and Thriving
…as a federal subject. Thus, relative moderation and mutual interests have worked together to allow Tatarstan to effectively negotiate for more independence, but also ensure that it has peacefully remained…
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