This is the fourth in a series of five blog entries from the “Symposium on Human Rights in Russia: The Life and Legacy of Lyudmila Alexeyeva,” which took place on November 15-16, 2019 on the campus of Indiana University—Bloomington. The blog entries were written by graduate students who come from a variety of disciplines at… Read more »
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Blog series on Symposium on Human Rights in Russia: Panel 3, Monitoring courts, police, and prisons
This is the third in a series of five blog entries from the “Symposium on Human Rights in Russia: The Life and Legacy of Lyudmila Alexeyeva,” which took place on November 15-16, 2019 on the campus of Indiana University—Bloomington. The blog entries were written by graduate students who come from a variety of disciplines at… Read more »
Blog series on Symposium on Human Rights in Russia: Panel 2, Freedom of Assembly
This is the second in a series of five blog entries from the “Symposium on Human Rights in Russia: The Life and Legacy of Lyudmila Alexeyeva,” which took place on November 15-16, 2019 on the campus of Indiana University—Bloomington. The blog entries were written by graduate students who come from a variety of disciplines at… Read more »
Blog series on Symposium on Human Rights in Russia: Panel 1, Memories of Lyudmila
This is the first in a series of five blog entries from the “Symposium on Human Rights in Russia: The Life and Legacy of Lyudmila Alexeyeva,” which took place on November 15-16, 2019 on the campus of Indiana University—Bloomington. The blog entries were written by graduate students who come from a variety of disciplines at… Read more »
2018 Russian Presidential Election: Results preordained, future uncertain
Written by Megan Burnham, RSW graduate affiliate Vladimir Putin coasted to victory on March 18th, winning his fourth term as President of the Russian Federation. Figures place the voter turnout at about 67.5% of the registered voter population, with incumbent Vladimir Putin receiving about 76.7% of the popular vote. These results are hardly surprising: enjoying… Read more »
Global Russia Panel and Deciphering Russian Foreign Policy at “America’s Role in the World” conference
Written by Timothy A. Model, PhD Student in the Department of Political Science Prompted by revelations about Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections, investigations of Russian ties to the U.S. presidential administration officials, and the alleged Russian poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England, America’s attention to Russia has reached… Read more »
Ivan Grigoriev, RSW post-doctoral scholar: Institutional decay under autocracy: evidence from business-state relations in Russia
Written by Megan Burnham, graduate student in REEI Amidst chilly relations, Americans and Russians can joyfully bond over the fact that both countries represent two of the world’s leaders in income inequality. According to the World Inequality Database, the United States and Russia have fairly similar ratios of top income shares, with the top 10% in the… Read more »