What Does Putin’s Return to Power Mean for Russia?
April 2, 2012
What’s Next for Russia? (March 26, 2012)
The Russian presidential elections may be formally over, but the fallout from Putin’s return to power persists. Discontent has grown amongst increasing swaths of the population—indeed, no agitation of this size or scope has been seen in Russia since the glasnost period of the late 1980s. As one prominent analyst has observed, “everything presently is unpredictable and up for grabs.”
At a recent videoconference, five prominent interlocutors from Open Society offices in New York City and Washington, DC, tackled the ever-changing Russian political condition and the possibilities for repression, reform, or radicalization.
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