Alexei Vlasov

Alexei D. Voskressenski

Paul E. Vallely

Boris Volkhonsky

Kirill Vertyaev

Evgeny Vlasov

Alexei Vlasov

Andrei Vinogradov

Evgeny Vinokurov

Christof Van Agt

Alexei Vlasov

Russian Federation

Deputy dean of the History Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University and director of the Information and Analytical Center on Social and Political Processes in the Post-Soviet Space.

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"Dissergate": More Revelations to Come

The controversy around fake theses and undeserved academic degrees began in late 2012 and has since then affected university teachers and administrations, prominent politicians and business people. The scandal is now looming over the Supreme Certification Commission.

22.07.2013

Opinions

What Is Wrong With Higher Education in Russia?

A huge number of myths have surrounded Russian education over the past few decades. These myths have come about largely because almost all the country’s citizens have come up against the problems associated with secondary and higher education, meaning they are in a position to give their own particular slant on them and make demands on officials on education matters.

03.09.2012

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Eurasian Union Must Consider Brussels’ Negative Record

The Eurasian Union is a Russia-sponsored modernization project for the region. Some politicians see it as an attempt to revive the Soviet Union and are a priori hostile to it. Germany and France have a more even-handed perception of Putin’s and Nazarbayev’s idea, viewing it as an inevitable stage in the drive to modernize the former Soviet republics.

15.06.2012

Opinions

Russia, China, and the US in Central Asia

In the next few years Central Asia will become a focus of Russian foreign policy both where the Kremlin’s interests in the post-Soviet space are involved and, in a broader perspective, in the context of the Afghanistan factor, relations with the Asia-Pacific Region, and “friendly rivalry” with China.

15.05.2012

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