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Index
Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of figures List of tables Preface Transliteration, spelling, punctuation and sources Abbreviations and key terms About the author Introduction Chapter 1: The presidency, the executive and the Constitution
Introduction The president’s mandate
The government before 2020 Who is Vladimir Putin? The question of succession looms early Putinism Siloviki, oligarchs and cronyism Presidential envoys Public chamber National security agencies
Street protests Inauguration promises, 2018
Forming a government Presidential staff Outlining the future Trust in president fades
Coping with domestic non-political problems Constitutional amendments, 2020
More succession speculation Putin, the ‘eternal’ president Presidential powers
Administrative reset
The new government
Working with the pandemic The All-Russia Vote and beyond
Post-vote
Chapter 2: The Russian Federation: Internal strengths and strains
Introduction General structure
Constitutional amendments 2020 The federal legislature The governors Language matters Coronavirus pandemic and the federation
Crimea Siberia and Russia’s far East
Siberia deals with climate change – or doesn’t Northern sea route
The North Caucasus
Chechnya
The Islamicist cancer: Terrorism
Terrorism in the North Caucasus Terrorist acts elsewhere in Russia Russian and international anti-terrorism activities Terrorism of another kind The future of terrorism in Russia
Chapter 3: The political arena
Introduction
Main street politics
The post-presidential election political scene, 2018 The State Duma
United Russia The Duma opposition
The extra-systemic opposition
Navalny to the forefront Re-modelling political movements outside the Duma Searching for a cause via social media
The politics of pension reform
Searching for a party to support
Moscow’s mayoralty race, 2018
Electoral fallout
2019–20 – turning points?
New electoral crisis in Moscow Regional elections More parties
Nationalists – riding high Constitutional amendments and the political arena
Political reset
Back to work – Pandemic, Khabarovsk and Navalny variables
Politics and the pandemic Back to political theatre Unrest in the regions A Navalny riddle, again First test: Regional elections, September 2020
Chapter 4: Economic patterns and the sanctions saga
Introduction Sanctions and the oligarchs 4
Import substitution Sanctions become American weapon of choice Weathering the storm Pandemic panic
Domestic issues
National projects revisited Infrastructure initiatives and SPIEF-2018 Pension reform and Russian labour Revising the budget, and the pandemic
Economic integration
Caspian Sea Eurasia The BRICS
Industry, trade and development
The Kerch Strait Bridge and domestic transportation issues Foreign investment Pivot to the East The ASEAN Western remnant
Energy
Gas & gas pipelines LNG Oil sector Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) SPIEF-2019 Other natural resources Government shuffle, coronavirus, price war and an energy strategy for 2035
Down on the farm: The agricultural sector
Coronavirus and protecting the food supply
Back to work
Budgeting to cover for 2020
Chapter 5: Russia in the world: Changing patterns
Introduction
The Skripal factor
Ukraine
Donbas Crimea
South Caucasus 65 The Middle East
Iran–Iraq–US, 2020. Russia in the middle Syria Iran, Israel and further diplomatic muddle
Europe and the EU 118 Eastern Europe
Poland and the Baltic States Belarus Moldova Populist leaders in Europe and Russia
Western Europe
Germany The UK The Italian link European institutions
Latin America Pivot to the East: Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Far East
Valdai’s ‘Asia’ theme, 2019 Moscow’s ‘pivot to the East’ and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) India North Korea Japan Africa
Coronavirus: manifestations for the world order
Pandemic aid
Chapter 6: New Cold War: The Russian Federation, the United States – and China
Introduction Moscow and Washington face off in 2018
The 2018 summit Mid-term elections in USA The Mueller report
International interaction
Russophobia in action NGOs as ‘foreign agents’ Spy capers Space capers
Manipulating public opinion
Ides of March, 2019 Modernizing Cold War. Digital wars Putin and Trump meet again A new American ambassador Coronavirus blame-casting
Russia and the US presidential election, 2020 China matters Final straws?
Chapter 7: The re-militarization of Russia, and the end of arms control?
Introduction
Spending Arms control treaties targeted Conscripts
Strategic issues
China joins up Other strategic operations Buzzing – dangerous games
Arms race and arms sales
INF saga and arms control Strategic consequences Arms out of control Weaponizing space Weapons sales
The CSTO NATO
Chapter 8: Quality of life: Media, mind and behaviour
Introduction Media
Internet interplay Print & TV media Vedomosti sold
Education, science and the arts
Education Coronavirus disruption Science Arts
Human & civil rights
LGBT woes Women on the march and ‘family values’
The dilemma of crime and corruption
The criminal world Eternal corruption Sectoral corruption
Chapter 9: Quality of life: Pandemic, body & soul
Introduction Coronavirus pandemic and its over-arching implications
Public response Second wave Vaccine nationalism
Quality of life
Seeds of social (dis)satisfaction Climate change 100
General healthcare
Alcohol & drug abuse Infectious diseases other than COVID-19 World Cup, fitness and sport
Religion
Constitutional amendments 2020 Coronavirus & the Church
Demographics, immigration & the workforce Back to work
Closing remarks: What’s left after 2020?
Stability anyone?
The Presidency
The domestic political scene
Poisoned politics
The international arena
Biden in office Demonization of Russia
The economy Quality of life
Pandemic futures
Government and society going into 2021 A second ‘January Revolution’, 2021
Navalny comes home Street protests against the odds
Bibliography Index
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