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Coffee & ConflictEpisode 3: Downfall: Prigozhin, Putin, and the New Future of Russia with Mark Galeotti and Anna ArutunyanToday on Coffee & Conflict, Joshua Huminski speaks with Mark Galeotti and Anna Aruntunyan about their new book Downfall: Prigozhin, Putin, and the New Future of Russia. They examine the rise and fall of Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, his failed coup against Putin, and his mysterious death in a plane crash. Through in-depth research, they explore Prigozhin's criminal past, his role in the war in Ukraine, and the political chaos under Putin, offering insight into Russia's uncertain future post-Prigozhin.How do figures like Yevgeny Prigozhin and other "mini-garchs" maintain influence in Putin’s regime, an...
2024-10-1045 min
bne IntelliNewsWoE: Putin’s referendum with Ben Noble and Mark GaleottiOn July 1 Russians will vote in a referendum to approve changes to the constitution that will reset the clock on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s term count to zero and so in effect allow him to stand for an extra two terms in office after his current term expires in 2024. He doesn't have to hold a referendum and there are several theories to explain what is going on. Some think that Putin was always intending to stay in office forever. Others argue that its all a ruse to prevent him becoming a lame duck and to head off a potentially da...
2020-06-2200 min
UCLSSEESRethinking Democratic Backsliding - book launch - 20 May 2019Over the past decade a consensus has emerged that democracy in CEE is sharply deteriorating, perhaps even ‘backsliding’ into new forms of authoritarianism. Debate has, however, so far focused disproportionately on the two most dramatic and surprising cases: Hungary and Poland.
In this event contributors to a newly published edited collection seeks to inject fresh thinking into the debate on democratic deterioration in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), viewing ‘democratic backsliding’ through the prism of a range of cases beyond Hungary and Poland.
This collection reflects on the ‘backsliding’ debate through the experience of CEE countries such as the Czech Republic, Bu...
2019-06-121h 48
UCLSSEESProf Wilson Inaugural Lecture 9 March 2017- Faking of Russian Democracy.MP3Professor Andrew Wilson, of UCLSSEES, talks on 'The Faking of Russian Democracy and the Fracturing of Democracy in America: Political Technology versus Disruptive Technology' for his Inaugural Lecture at UCL.
2017-03-1054 min
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UCLSSEESInterview With Final Year Finnish StudentsThis video is spoken in Finnish.
Final year Finnish students Michael Jones and Erik Engberg talk about why they chose to study Finnish, what is easy, fascinating and difficult about Finnish, who they use Finnish with and their Finno-Ugric interests. Michael has studied North Sámi, Estonian and Livonian, whereas Erik talks about Karelian. The interview was conducted 12 December 2014.
2015-01-0807 min