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OSW Commentary |
| Maria Domańska
The sacralised Soviet victory over Nazism is a central element of the politics of memory, as utilised by the Russian state today. It constitutes an important theme in the Kremlin’s ideological offensive that is intended to legitimise…
OSW Commentary |
| Maria Domańska
The Russian leadership views the Internet primarily as a battlefield of an information war, i.e. an alternative to military action in the context of the ongoing confrontation with the West. Kremlin regards Russian Internet users who spread…
OSW Commentary |
| Maria Domańska
2017 has seen a wave of dismissals of the heads of Russia’s regions – the largest in the past five years. This is linked primarily to the preparations for the presidential election.
OSW Commentary |
| Maria Domańska
On 6 December Vladimir Putin announced that he will run in the presidential election to be held on 18 March 2018.
OSW Commentary |
| Piotr Żochowski, Maria Domańska
The relations between Russia’s authorities and business circles are subordinated not so much to rational economic calculations as to the interests of political elites.
OSW Commentary |
| Maria Domańska, Szymon Kardaś
The Western financial sanctions are not the main source of the problems in the Russian economy, but they have significantly weakened its general state.
OSW Commentary |
| Katarzyna Chawryło, Maria Domańska
The situation of the third sector in Russia, i.e. the civil society structures independent from the state, is worsening on a regular basis.
OSW Commentary |
| Maria Domańska
The Victory Day celebrations this year were set in particular international and domestic context.