by Gordon M. Hahn By way of a brief update of an old article, there follows immediately below the most recent list of the most dangerous countries for journalists to operate in for the year 2017, according to the independent internationalist journalists’ rights organization, Reporters Without Borders. UPDATES: The view that Russia is a cauldron […]
by Gordon M. Hahn The World Bank recently announced that Russia jumped from 35th to 31st place in its annual ‘Doing Business Report’ evaluating the ease of doing business in 190 countries based on parameters such as ease in starting a business, registering property, getting loans, paying taxes, and enforcing contracts (www.doingbusiness.org/~/media/wbg/doingbusiness/documents/profiles/country/rus.pdf). Russia’s rank in […]
For Gordon M. Hahn’s interview to the conservative Polish website Kresy.pl see: https://kresy.pl/publicystyka/prof-hahn-dla-portalu-kresy-pl-polska-musi-znalezc-pokojowe-wyjscie-zanim-bedzie-za-pozno/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About the Author – Gordon M. Hahn, Ph.D., Expert Analyst at Corr Analytics, http://www.canalyt.com and a Senior Researcher at the Center for Terrorism and Intelligence Studies (CETIS), Akribis Group, San Jose, California, http://www.cetisresearch.org. Dr. Hahn is the author of Ukraine Over the Edge: Russia, […]
by Gordon M. Hahn The results in last month’s Russian gubernatorial elections point to both a possible challenge and extrication solution for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his system. They revealed: (1) new decline in the popularity ruling pro-Putin party Yedinaya Rossiya (YeR) or United Russia, (2) the limited though not insignificant capacity of Putin’s […]
by Gordon M. Hahn Introduction The re-appointment of Dmitrii Medvedev to head the Russian government’s Cabinet during at least the first years of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s fourth presidential term suggests that Medvedev remains in the running to replace Putin either as successor or authorized place holder one the fourth term ends in 2024. However, […]
by Gordon M. Hahn Much has been made in Russian and Western media about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s declining approval ratings. However, despite the major ratings decline, Putin’s approval rating remains far above any Western leader. More importantly, his rating remains higher than it has been in long periods of is rule. In other words, […]
by Gordon M. Hahn On Russia’s “Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Repression” it is instructive to return to the Western media’s deceitful claim that a rehabilitation of Stalin has occurred during the soft authoritarian, albeit, rule of Vladimir Putin. Every year, on 30 October 2017, Russia remembers the victims of Stalin’s repressions in a […]
