Commentary on the Yel’tsin and Putin eras by Tomila Lankina for a BBC radio documentary on Boris Yel’tsin’s Surprise Resignation
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Recent podcast on Russia’s 2018 presidential elections, political opposition and protests
LSE IGA organised a public panel on "Politics and Political Opposition in Russia," with participation by Vladimir Kara-Murza, Professor Richard Sakwa, Professor Tomila Lankina and Vladimir Ashurkov, chaired by LSE IGA Visiting Fellow, Oksana Antonenko. It was followed by the screening of Vladimir Kara-Murza's documentary film, "Nemtsov." Listen to podcast here.
Recent presentations and podcasts on Russia’s media strategies
Podcast on Russia's 2018 presidential elections, political opposition and protest, 30 November 2017. LSE IGA organised a public panel on "Politics and Political Opposition in Russia," with participation by Vladimir Kara-Murza, Professor Richard Sakwa, Professor Tomila Lankina and Vladimir Ashurkov, chaired by LSE IGA Visiting Fellow, Oksana Antonenko. It was followed by the screening of Vladimir …
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Paper presented at the Annual National Convention of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco 31 August – 3 September 2017
Tomila Lankina and Alexander Libman, "The Jekyll and Hyde of Soviet Policies: Endogenous Modernization, the Gulag and Post-Communist Support for Democracy"
BBC Radio 4 documentary: Long Road to Change (with T. Lankina interview)
This is an excellent recent documentary on the resurgence of mass activism globally, on the challenges that protesters face, and on strategies that they employ to overcome those challenges. Description from the BBC website: “In an age when technology has made organising protest movements easier than ever before, journalist Zoe Williams asks why we aren't seeing …
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The Monkey Cage, Washinton Post: Comment on March 26th Russian protests
Comment on March 26th Russian protests Click here for a Russian language version of the discussion posted on Ekho Moscow
Is Putinism Sustainable? Roundtable discussion, LSE, 19 May 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s confrontational foreign policy continues to impose high costs on his country, contributing to economic decline, continued corruption, and political isolation. A shrinking circle of people around the Kremlin is involved in opaque decision-making while economic and social problems are given less consideration than political and security issues. To what extent is …
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