Baltic Rim Economies 4/2021
A special issue on Russia
Published on the 28th of October 2021
Democracy – Russia´s dilemma
“Russia turned its back on democracy, as it had done before in the turmoils of the First World War. Back then, Russia adopted Marxism from the West, but not democracy. In the 20th century, Russia followed a different path from, for example, Japan and India which, in spite of lagging behind in comparison to the Russian starting points, succeeded in transforming themselves into democracies.”
Urpo Kivikari,
Emeritus Professor of International Economics,
Pan-European Institute, University of Turku,
Finland
Neighbouring a World Power – Finland’s relations with a 21st Century Russia
“During my diplomatic career, I have had the privilege to work in Russia and with questions related to Russia for many years. My first posting abroad was in Moscow in the late 1980s. Later, I served as Ambassador to Russia between 2008 and 2012, in a completely different country. In the past three decades, also Finland has changed. In 1995, Finland joined the European Union. This meant that Russia became a neighbour to the EU. Finland has actively participated in developing the union’s Russia policy.”
Matti Anttonen,
Permanent State Secretary,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
U.S.-Russia Strategic Stability Dialogue
“Presidents Biden and Putin have agreed that the United States and Russia bear “a unique responsibility” for maintaining strategic stability and preventing dangerous escalation between the world’s two leading nuclear powers. Following their June 2021 Geneva summit, they declared that, “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,” an echo of the famous Reagan-Gorbachev declaration from 1985.”
Matthew Rojansky,
Director,
The Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute,
United States of America
UK-USSR 1991, the return of the bear
“Ten years ago, the story of British-Russian relations seemed easy to relate. The old tension with the Russian ‘bear’, which had begun in the late eighteenth century, flared during the Crimean War, and endured through the change from Tsarism to communism in the twentieth, appeared a thing of the past. Its last gasp had been the standoff over Kosovo in 1999. Russia complained bitterly about the eastward enlargement of NATO, but seemed to have accepted it. In the early days after 9/11, Russian President Putin was seen as an ally in the war on Islamist extremism.”
Brendan Simms,
Director,
Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge,
UK
Baltic Rim Economies 4/2021 includes the following Expert articles
Urpo Kivikari: Democracy – Russia´s dilemma
Andrei Val’terovich Grinëv: The West and the prospects for democracy in Russia
Risto Alapuro: Perestroika, Russia today, and democratization
Sergey Savin: Core national values as the development force of Russian society
Andrey L. Andreev: Values in contemporary Russian society
Alexander Mikhailovich Egorychev: Meanings and values of Russian culture as the basis of mentality of the people, their national-civic consciousness and worldview
Igor M. Kuznetsov: Values of Russians: traditionalism and modernity
Tatyana Medvedeva: Art in values education
Sergey Dmitrievich Lebedev: Religion in the contemporary Russian society
Tobias Koellner: Religion and politics in contemporary Russia
Olga Pigoreva: Study of religion in the schools of contemporary Russia
Bulat G. Akhmetkarimov: Contemporary challenges and opportunities for the Muslim community in the Republic of Tatarstan
Andrei Yakovlev: New tool for development or for rent-seeking?
Leo Granberg: Civil society in contemporary Russia
Alexander Vladimirivich Sokolov: Modern features of civic activity in Russia
Stanislav Usachev: Tolerance Center: Creating an environment for a positive dialogue
Marie Mendras: The sinking legitimacy of Putin’s presidency
Mikhail Turchenko: Strategic voting and the regime’s response in Russia
Timothy Frye: Russia’s parliamentary elections: More manipulation, more problems
Konstantin Eggert: Sergei Shoigu-2024?: Putin may have decided on a successor – the only one he could choose
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova: Lessons learned from the 2021 parliamentary election in Russia
Regina Smyth & Timothy Model: Fraud, votes, and protest potential in Russia’s regions
Dmitry Rudenkin: Some notes about protests in Russia in 2021
Michael C. Kimmage: Vladimir Putin and the negation of politics
Nikolay Petrov: Russian political regime transformation: prospects for future
Marina E. Rodionova: Women’s representation in the EU and Russian politics
Evgenii O. Negrov: Models of political consciousness of Russian youth
Rail M. Shamionov: Young people’s social activity as the resource of social development
Leonid Grigoryev: Russia: Transition to inequality
Svetlana V. Mareeva, Ekaterina D. Slobodenyuk & Vasiliy A. Anikin: Perceptions of income inequality in Russia
Elena Bogomiagkova: New dimensions of social inequality in the context of healthcare digitalization
Thomas F. Remington: Inequality and the crisis of liberalism
Lyudmila Vidiasova, Igor Kuprienko & Ekaterina Rodionova: Demand for senior-friendly spaces in Russia
Tatiana Kastueva-Jean: HIV/AIDS in Russia, the epidemic too long ignored
Elias Kallio: Russian economy during COVID-19 pandemic: an ordinary citizen’s point of view
Andrei N. Pokida: Attitude of Russians to telemedical technologies
Vladimir V. Moiseev: Effectiveness of government management in the Russian Federation
Egor Novgorodov: Main features of GR and lobbying in Russia
Serguei Cheloukhine & Darkhan Aitmaganbetov: Organized corrupt network (OCN) in present-day Russia
Evgeny L. Plisetsky & Evgeny E. Plisetsky: Infrastructure potential of the Russian regions
Roman Romanovsky & Igor Sergeyev: A glass of drinking water for the Baltic Sea
Ksenia Leontyeva: Overview of the anti-corruption agenda in Russia
Diana Ekzarova: Political media consumption of Russian students on social networks
Geir Flikke: The strangling of Russian civil society and independent media
Ninna Mörner: Baltic Worlds on Russia after the USSR
Mikhail Denisenko: Emigration from Russia: its recent past, present and future
David Carment & Milana Nikolko: Post-Soviet migration and diasporas
Alexander O. Baranov: Coordination of economic policy goals in Russia
Tatiana Skryl: Principles of implementation of industrial policy in Russia
Marina Petukhova: Foresight: Agriculture and rural areas – is there a common future?
Vladimir Belous: Modern communication: Barbed wire vs pipeline
Fedor Dukhnovskiy: The digital state: the example of Russia
Denis Dunas: Digital media culture as an integral part of everyday life
Leonid Gokhberg & Valeriya Vlasova: Innovation in Russia: Business reactions and government response to the COVID-19 crisis
Sinikukka Saari: Russia’s STI strategy and geoeconomics
Robert Nizhegorodtsev: Drivers for regional development under the ajar innovation strategy
Salla Nazarenko: Patriots and innovations – incompatible match?
Sergey N. Leonov: Far East Regional Policy: Mission (im)possible?
Jakub M. Godzimirski: Russia’s energy turn to Asia and COVID impact on energy exports
Anna Kuteleva: Xi Jinping’s Chinese dream and Vladimir Putin’s energy superpower: Changes and constants in China-Russia energy relations
Anna Mikulska: Russian natural gas exports: changing priorities
Andrey Shadurskiy: LNG in Russia: is the status quo enough for the plans?
Seppo Remes: Is something interesting happening in Russia?
Vera Barinova: Sustainable development in the Russian regions
Tatiana M. Krasovskaya: Sustainable development of the Russian Arctic: acute problems and basic solutions
Harley Balzer: Sanctions are undermining Putin’s economy
Timo Vuori: The EU and Russia – logical trade partners are moving away?
Igor Kapyrin: Together
Matti Anttonen: Neighbouring a World Power – Finland’s relations with a 21st Century Russia
Anton Loginov: Russian-Finnish economic relations after the global pandemic and green deals
Ilkka Salonen: Together we stand, divided we fall!
Evgeniy Shitikov: Latest trends of Fortum’s business in Russia
Ramūnas Vilpišauskas: Lithuania-Russia relationship: why so difficult?
Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti: Italy and Russia: what changes is the narrative
Matthew Rojansky: U.S.-Russia Strategic Stability Dialogue
Konstantin Khudoley: Russia and USA: Stabilization at a low point?
Ruth Deyermond: The challenge of US-Russia relations in the Biden-Putin era
Shinichiro Tabata: Recent Japanese-Russian economic relations
Maksim Vilisov: “Lukashenomics” and the “Union State”
Halina Haurylka: Common Economic Space – Belarus and Russia: Facts and figures
Elena Shestopal: Russians’ images of their post-Soviet neighbors
Brendan Simms: UK-USSR 1991, the return of the bear
Marcin Skladanowski: Putin’s historiosophy and the Russian Church
Vladimer Papava: On the modern economic imperialism of Russia
Elisabeth Braw: When it comes to greyzone threats, China overshadows Russia
Thomas Sherlock: Russian public opinion: The question of support for conflict with the West
Simo Pesu: Russian Perspective on War – Implications
Hanna Mäkinen: Russia’s new National security strategy
Pär Gustafsson: Describing potential adversaries towards 2045
Sabine Fisher & Ivan Timofeev: EU-Russia in 2030: Alternatives scenarios
Mykhailo Gonchar: Russia: The matrix of (un)certainties
Zachary Paikin: The death of “Greater Europe” and the future of EU-Russia relations
Kari Liuhto: Years of danger in EU-Russia relations
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