Great piece for Russia watchers, from Roman Badanin
www.proekt.media/en/guide-en/...
... that the wartime uptick in life satisfaction is concentrated among the groups most receptive to Russia’s imperial project in Ukraine: ethnic Russians, older citizens, and residents of regions whose pre-invasion economies were positioned to benefit from an expanding war machine. 3/3
Our attempt to connect Russians’ weak support for liberal political values to the economic pain caused by market reforms a generation earlier.
Such a terrific documentary! The best I saw at our local film festival last week!
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
An incredibly courageous, occasionally humorous, and deeply moving documentary about wartime Russian society.
www.imdb.com/title/tt3496...
Is it the government's “bread and circuses” spending the article highlights, or Russia's surprising economic resilience? Likely the latter, and perhaps a bit of the former. Yet there’s more. My ongoing research with BOFIT economist Sinikka Parviainen shows ... 2/3
Croquet, Anyone? Making Moscow a Vast Fun Zone to Divert Minds From War. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/w...
Levada’s recent life satisfaction numbers -- the highest in the past 30 years -- almost certainly capture something real about the Russian public’s wartime mood. What's going on? 1/3
Full article: When the party line changes: state media, immigration, and public opinion in Russia www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Middlebury alum, John Overstreet, turns his senior thesis into a neat publication with help from colleague, Kristina Sargent, and another Middlebury alum, Olive Jin.
