Kirill Rogov

Alexander Rogozhin

Dmitry Razumovsky

Sergey Ryazantsev

Thomas Remington

Sir Malcolm Rifkind

Yuri Rubinsky

Samuel Ramani

Hamadi Redissi

Ulrike Reisner

Kirill Rogov

Russian Federation

Senior Researcher, the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, Moscow.

Previous positions: Head of the Subdepartment of Social and Political Communications, Department of State Administration, the Russian Government’s Academy of the National Economy; Co-Founder and Chief Editor of Polit.ru, an Internet publication (since 1999). Freelance journalist, regular contributor to many publications including, Pro et Contra, Ekonomicheskaya Politika, Neprikosnovennyi Zapas, Osteuropa; regular contributor to Vedomosti newspaper (2002-2005); Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Kommersant newspaper (2005-2006).

Research interests: political and economic processes in post-Soviet Russia, 18th-19th century Russian literature and culture.

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Opinions

Russian March – A Hollow Gesture in Lieu of a National Idea

Nationalism exists alongside xenophobia as an ideological and political trend. In Russia xenophobic attitudes are widespread and escalating whereas nationalism as such does not have a very broad base. It has a small group of adherents and negative perceptions of nationalism among the public are widespread. The number of people who reject nationalism is fairly high and stable.

26.11.2012

Opinions

Limits of Putin’s Power

The rallies in Moscow are the third manifestation of an impending crisis. In order not to lose their formal majority in the Duma, the authorities were forced to resort to an unprecedented scale of forgery of ballot papers in Moscow. The ensuing widespread protests in Moscow can be viewed from two perspectives.

17.07.2012

Opinions

What Is the Real Reason Behind Finance Minister Kudrin's Resignation?

Alexei Kudrin initiated his resignation himself, but it was Putin who made the principled decision to sacrifice him. Knowing the mood of his finance minister, Putin did not keep him informed about the proposed power structure that would follow the elections, and probably did not make too big a push to keep him as his key player.

26.10.2011

Opinions

Medvedev’s 2011 Budget Address: an Attempt to Preserve the Political Balance

No one is ready to be held accountable for changing the status quo. It is a systemic problem shared by Russia’s economic policy and its current politics – the 2011 budget address only serves to more clearly reflect it.

04.07.2011

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