Dear Readers,
We would like to present to you the next issue of the Bulletin No. 21 (39) 2019 «THE REALITY OF RUSSIAN POLITICS».
Table of contents
EVENTS
Normandy Summit: Just a Glimmer of Hope on Gas Transit
How Moscow Tried To Dodge The Summit
Three Factors & Putin’s Plan
China Pipeline: Pivot To The East or Just Diversification?
Normandy Summit: Just a Glimmer of Hope on Gas Transit
How Moscow Tried To Dodge The Summit
Three Factors & Putin’s Plan
China Pipeline: Pivot To The East or Just Diversification?
ACTORS
Systemic Opposition: Between Kremlin & Protesters
Moscow Budget Voting: A Glimpse At a Possible Future
Communist Bust-Ups
Schism in Just Russia
Yabloko Struggles with Itself
No More Deals With United Russia?
Systemic Opposition: Between Kremlin & Protesters
Moscow Budget Voting: A Glimpse At a Possible Future
Communist Bust-Ups
Schism in Just Russia
Yabloko Struggles with Itself
No More Deals With United Russia?
PROCESSES
The Regime is Tightening Control
Catch-All Surveillance
Hunting ‘Foreign Agents’
New Interpretations of Old Laws
The Regime is Tightening Control
Catch-All Surveillance
Hunting ‘Foreign Agents’
New Interpretations of Old Laws
In Brief
(i) Mixed Reaction To New Navalny Corruption Investigation
(ii) Internet Rising Fast Among Older Generation
(iii) Rules Agreed For Disbursing Money from National Wealth Fund
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The next bulletin will be issued on 23 December 2019, a day earlier than usual.
Writing and analysis: Tatiana Stanovaya, Howard Amos
Editing: Ben Tavener, Howard Amos,