Dear Readers,
We would like to present to you the next issue of the Bulletin No. 5 (23) 2019 «REALITY OF RUSSIAN POLITICS».
Table of contents
EVENTS
Games with the ‘municipal filter’: why there is no chance of the electoral rules being relaxed
ACTORS
The growing influence of Konstantin Chuychenko
Volodin vs. Oreshkin: a battle of Putin’s successors?
PROCESSES
The Calvey case: revenge for supporting the opposition?
Major shifts continue in Arctic policymaking
Despite obstacles, a deal between Novatek and Total
Division of responsibility between Trutnev, Akimov and Rosatom
Rosneft’s Arctic ambitions
Another try at broadening access to the Arctic shelf
In Brief
(i) Predictions of economic slowdown
(ii) Ahead of the Ukrainian presidential elections
The next bulletin will be issued on March 26, 2019
Writing and analysis: Tatiana Stanovaya
Editing: Howard Amos