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KPMG TO AUDIT NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 09 Oct 2018

The Georgian Government announced on 27 September that they are appointing KPMG to audit the National Bank of Georgia. Georgia is eager to achieve a reputation for fiscal probity. This will make it easier to obtain loans. Tblisi has also spoken about developing itself as a financial services cent...

Rethinking regional strategy
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 08 Oct 2018

Regional elections outcomes in September 2018 came as an unpleasant surprise to the Kremlin after many years of tight control. All the federal entities that got to the second tour of the governors’ elections have either resulted in a loss for the Kremlin-backed candidate or the outcome is still u...

Essential CIS Politics: Russia emerges from the difficulties of the past month
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 21 Sep 2018

Russia has emerged from the difficulties of the past month. Regional conflicts bubble on, but no major escalation is expected. CIS republics continue to hedge with new patrons – notably China.

Saving and raising
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 16 Sep 2018

United Russia predictably won most regional elections in dozens of Russian federal entities due to severely limited competition as most opposition candidates were not given a chance to participate. Despite landslide victories in the largest and most important ones, United Russia supported candida...

Political roundup
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 17 Aug 2018

Trump met President Putin in Helsinki on 16 July. The meeting was notable for the good chemistry between the two and there appeared to be no disagreements. At the press conference they referred elliptically to a behind-closed-doors agreement on Syria. This could guarantee security for Israel as T...

Friendless
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 15 Aug 2018

The first bilateral meeting between Putin and Trump (and their third meeting in total) brought no tangible results, as the US President faced pressure from the Congress, and the Russian President had no intention of making any unilateral friendly steps. Ahead of the upcoming US Congressional elec...

Starting low
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 16 Jul 2018

Putin’s approval rates have been negatively impacted by the pension system reform discussion that started shortly after the new government was formed. A proposal to increase the retirement age precipitated a sharp negative reaction among the general public. Although expected, it could not be cont...

CIS Macro Political Roundup – July 12, 2018
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 12 Jul 2018

Armenia – velvet revolution? Ukraine – the conflict bubbles on. Russia – intense media focus on the World Cup allowed the Kremlin to announce an unpopular policy. Kazakhstan – hosting the Silk Road Conference helps China in Central Asia. Azerbaijan – talking to Kazakhstan about oil transports thr...

The new old
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 10 Jun 2018

Immediately after the inauguration, President Putin signed a decree establishing national development goals for his six-year Presidential term. Although the previous decree signed in 2012 was not fully fulfilled, it became an important performance management instrument for the government. With am...

New hits
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 11 May 2018

Russian authorities started blocking Telegram – a popular online messenger whose founder refused to share encryption keys with the law enforcement. Weeks of blocking attempts resulted in thousands participating in street protests and multiple unrelated online services having connection issues but...

Six More Years
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 06 Apr 2018

Vladimir Putin won the presidential election with an overwhelming 77% of the vote and voter turnout of 67.5%. Although some of this may be a result of fraud, it is clear that the large majority of the votes were won because of popular support. Mr. Putin won in every single federal entity in the c...

Campaign with no struggle
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 12 Mar 2018

President Putin has put Russia’s relations with the West at the center of his unofficial campaign. He did not participate in any of the debates, and overall, the pre-election landscape looks as if all other participants have been competing against one other, with none of them anywhere near compet...

No choice election
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 09 Feb 2018

Russia’s leadership was surprised to see the list of people associated with the Kremlin that was prepared for the US Congress at the end of January because of the lack of depth and detail of the list. However, there is a dominating expectation that more sanctions will eventually follow, and the c...

Stability
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 04 Jan 2018

Very little is left unknown as Putin announced his candidacy in the upcoming March 2018 presidential election while Alexei Navalny was denied registration. No other opposition leaders are putting up a fight because the very predictable outcome is not worth their investment. With no real oppositio...

Setting the election stage
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 13 Dec 2017

Russia’s leadership once again announced its victory in Syria and started a troop withdrawal. The moment was carefully chosen to precede the presidential election in March 2018. However, Russia also demonstrated its long-range bomber strike capability to prove that it will remain involved in the ...

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