Publications

Russia Reform Monitor No. 2464

May 26, 2021 Matt Maldonado, Ilan I. Berman

Parallel military drills in the Balkans;
Sakharov freedom prize awarded to jailed gulag historian;
The fight over Tsargrad goes to court;
Making Russian mercenaries into movie stars;
Lavrov warns Ankara about cooperation with Kyiv;
Russian government supports Belarus' blunder

Russia Reform Monitor No. 2463

May 21, 2021 Matt Maldonado, Ilan I. Berman

Support for "United Russia" continues to plummet;
Russians still uncomfortable with Sputnik-V;
Another spill in the far north;
Duma looks to ban Navalny groups, allies;
RFE/RL appeals "foreign agent" designation in European court;
U.S. lifts sanctions on Nord Stream II construction

Russia Reform Monitor No. 2462

May 19, 2021 Matt Maldonado, Ilan I. Berman

Two years of "parole-like" restrictions;
Lavrov, Blinken to meet in Reykjavik;
Green Party head targeted for opposing Nord Stream II;
The Moscow metro cleans house;
Another independent outlet declared foreign agent;
Putin: Ukraine becoming "anti-Russia"

Russia Reform Monitor No. 2461

May 13, 2021 Matt Maldonado, Ilan I. Berman

Russia opposes U.S. democracy summit;
A shot in the arm for Russia's sub fleet;
U.S. prosecutors seek 17-year sentence for Russian spy;
U.S. pipeline hit by Russian hacking group;
School shooting rocks Kazan

Russia Reform Monitor No. 2460

May 7, 2021 Matt Maldonado, Arianna G. Guerrero , Ilan I. Berman

Russia urged to stop attacking independent media;
RFE/RL in hot water with state censors;
Proposed bill to block Navalny supporters from elections;
80,000 Russian troops remain on border with Ukraine;
Court to hear Navalny lawsuit against Kremlin spokesman;
Sputnik light cleared for export