Dmitry Travin is Research Director at the European University in St. Petersburg's Centre of Modernization Studies.
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Published in: oDRThe three ages of PutinismTwo years ago, on 4 March 2012, Russians went to the polls to elect a new president, and returned Vladimir Putin for...
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Published in: oDRRich cities and dying company townsRussia’s unemployment figures look low, but they are rising, and there is a great gulf between the prosperous centre...
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Published in: oDRPutin’s political triumph - but economic impasseGlobal attention is focused on Russia’s hosting of the Winter Olympics, a PR coup for President Putin. But all is...
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Published in: oDROn disillusionmentDiscontent may soon be the norm across all sections of Russian society. But it's unlikely to benefit the opposition...
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Published in: oDRWhatever happened to Russia’s economic miracle?The first eight years of the last decade were incredibly successful for Russia’s economy, but the crisis of 2008 hit...
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Published in: oDRRussian economy: in a worse state than it seems?
Dmitry Travin introduces a new week-long series on openDemocracy Russia