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1 – 10 of 26This has enabled the leadership to manage vulnerabilities ahead of a vote intended to legitimise President Vladimir Putin's continued rule. However, the authorities’ efforts to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285312
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Putin has alternated between this limited war aim and a desire for the total conquest of Ukraine. These seemingly incompatible aims stem from different nationalist traditions, one…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273793
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Possible Uzbek membership of the Eurasian Economic Union.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB247231
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Leonid Volkov, among others, contend that imposing sanctions on critics of the war is unfair, and that other sanctioned elites might be encouraged to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278158
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Impact of 'Panama Papers' revelations on the government.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210645
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On the back of his mercenaries’ success in Ukraine, he has used social media to berate the defence ministry, the general staff and Putin himself, albeit indirectly, as a doddery…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279603
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The war in Ukraine has increased concerns about Moscow's intentions towards the separatist region of Transnistria, perhaps an overland offensive if Odessa is captured. Despite…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272621
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Prospects for Russian politics to end-2019.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244639
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The wording, from a ruling on the August 2008 Georgian-Russian war, is stating the obvious but is nonetheless significant, coming from an international court. An agreement making…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259072
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It has required a degree of EU-UK coordination, especially to facilitate the implementation of sanctions imposed on Russia’s economy, leadership and regime-supporting elite…