Window on Eurasia -- New Series: New Civic ‘Activism without Leaders’ Challenges Putin Regime’s Ability to Cope, Stolyarov Says

August 02, 2019

Russia Window on Eurasia -- New Series: New Civic ‘Activism without Leaders’ Challenges Putin Regime’s Ability to Cope, Stolyarov Says Window on Eurasia -- New Series: ‘Is a Russian Tiananmen Possible?’ Prokhanov Asks Window on Eurasia -- New Series: No One Can Maintain Any Longer Cooperating with Kremlin Benefits Russia, Shevtsova Says Voice of America - English: Trump, Britain's Johnson Discussed Trade, Security, 5G -White House Window on Eurasia -- New Series: War Weariness Combined with Desire for Efficacy Explains Zelensky’s Appeal, Kirillova Says Window on Eurasia -- New Series: New Civic ‘Activism without Leaders’ Challenges Putin Regime’s Ability to Cope, Stolyarov Says 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) Paul Goble Staunton, July 30 – Since at least the time of Lenin, Russian leaders have operated on the assumption that no significant civic action is possible without the presence of leaders and that such activism by the population can be stopped by arresting, killing or otherwise isolating those key figures. Read More Window on Eurasia -- New Series: ‘Is a Russian Tiananmen Possible?’ Prokhanov Asks 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) Paul Goble Staunton, July 30 – Sometimes to ask a question is to answer it. That appears to be the case with Aleksandr Prokhanov, the Russian imperialist writer, who like many believes the Soviet Union could have been saved by a Tiananmen-style crackdown and who now thinks that the Russian regime faces a similar threat to its existence and should respond as Beijing did. Read More Window on Eurasia -- New Series: No One Can Maintain Any Longer Cooperating with Kremlin Benefits Russia, Shevtsova Says 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) Paul Goble Staunton, July 30 – Until the suppression of the protest in Moscow last weekend, Liliya Shevtsova says, many opposed to the policies of the Putin regime believed that “’we can do more good if we are inside’” the charmed circle of the power vertical than if we remain outside. Read More Voice of America - English: Trump, Britain's Johnson Discussed Trade, Security, 5G -White House 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson about trade, next-generation 5G mobile networks and global security, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement on Friday. Read More Window on Eurasia -- New Series: War Weariness Combined with Desire for Efficacy Explains Zelensky’s Appeal, Kirillova Says 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) Paul Goble Staunton, July 30 – For six years, Ukrainians have had to fight a war they did not choose but that arose as a result of Russian aggression. Understandably, they are tired of fighting but somehow want to win on the basis of their own actions without having to continue to fight the numerically stronger invader. Read More

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