In Moscow's Shadows17 Marras 2024

In Moscow's Shadows 175: 'In a dangerous world, strike first' - Russian strategic culture

'Strategic culture' means the underlying cultural assumptions about threats and options that informs a nation's specific strategic choices, and Russia's has been strikingly continuous for centuries. As I discuss, it reflects the underlying circumstances and challenges of the country, and while not a straightjacket -- Gorbachev and Brezhnev were products of the same culture -- it helps explain Putin's own decisions. The entry page for the Conducttr online crisis exercise on Russian sabotage ...

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In Moscow's Shadows 4: Vorontsov, Police Protests and Community Action (plus 'late Putinism', spooks and Western policy)

Why should we care about police protests against the victimisation of an ex-cop activist? I suggest it says some interesting things about community and the protest habit in modern Russia. I also tackl...

18 Touko 202039min

In Moscow's Shadows 3: Victory Day, National Myths and Patron's Questions

What more can be said about Victory Day and how the Kremlin seeks to co-opt the myth and memory of the Great Patriotic War to its own purposes? I have a go. Also, Patron's questions answered, on China...

9 Touko 202038min

In Moscow's Shadows 2: Mishustin, Sechin, Institutional vs Personal Power

Prime Minister Mishustin is self-isolating with COVID-19 symptoms, and Andrei Belousov is standing in for him, But how does the prime minister really matter in a hyper-presidential system like Putin's...

2 Touko 202032min

In Moscow's Shadows 1: Coronavirus, Sobyanin, Social Contracts and Big Len

The inaugural episode of the In Moscow's Shadows podcast, Mark Galeotti's rumination on all things Russia, past, present and future. This episode addresses the impact of COVID-19 and the federal gover...

25 Huhti 202040min