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Individual freedom and human rights have declined sharply in Russiaover the past decade and at an accelerated pace under PresidentVladimir Putin. The United States should attempt to stem thisdecline by promoting a diverse freedom agenda, strengthening publicdiplomacy, expanding U.S.-Russia student exchanges, and bolsteringdemocracy-promotion efforts in Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, andAzerbaijan.

Vladimir Putin has increasingly embraced the authoritarian ideal of governance. With that comes a growing appreciation of classical means of governing through the use of state-sponsored terror — domestically and internationally.

President Bush's agenda for the Ljubljana summit with PresidentPutin must be based on a clear grasp of prior policy failures aswell as a clear understanding of U.S. national security interests.

Russia’s leading opposition figure has endured ignominy, imprisonment and poisoning over the course of his political career. He isn’t finished yet | 1843 magazine

Where there is a lack of reliable public opinion surveys, analyzing queries typed into the main Russian search engine can give insights into Russian public opinion and how it changes.

Putin has hypnotized much of the Russian population to an extent that civil society has been driven largely into the catacombs and his rule appears to be unshakable.

LRT English Newsletter – July 15, 2022.

Ukraine has established a narrative of its bravery and invincibility, and Russia's massive disinformation campaign has not been a success in the Western media. The Ukrainians have not yet won the information war, but the Russian General Staff has already lost it, writes Peeter Tali, colonel and former deputy head of the NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence in Riga, in a commentary originally published in the Riigikogu Toimetised parliamentary magazine.

February Morning, founded by former Russian MP Ilya Ponomarev, broadcasts to audience in Russia