The undesirables
A new Russian restrictive norm puts foreign organisations under suspicion and deals a blow to Russian civil society
Experts & Staff
Maria Lipman
ECFR Alumni · Former Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise
Russia
Biography
Maria Lipman was a visiting fellow at ECFR in 2015.
Ramzan Kadyrov: a challenge to the Kremlin
Kadyrov’s privileged status has increasingly become a serious problem for the Kremlin
Putinist art: Russia cracks down on cultural freedom
Russia's artistic and cultural sphere is coming under attack, as the government tries to use the arts to ensure loyalty to the regime
Putin’s enemy within: Demonising the “fifth column”
In Putin's Russia, anyone who opposes the Kremlin is treated as a threat, while those who commit political murder and violent attacks are left alone
How Russia has come to loathe the West
In the quarter century of post-Soviet development, resentment towards the West has been accumulating to a broad, genuine and raw hatred
Russia’s cultural war against the West
Maria Lipman, ECFR visiting fellow and former editor-in-chief of the Pro et Contra journal, and Kadri Liik, ECFR senior policy fellow, discuss the cultural…
Russia is not Charlie
Russia’s official reaction to the French tragedy was little more than diplomatic correctness
No good economic options for Putin
Though Russia is facing a rapid economic decline, Putin continues to effectively ignore the looming recession.
Vladimir Putin, historian-in-chief
Putin continues to blur the lines between historian and political chief, effectively and single-handedly re-writing Russia's collective history.
Putin clamps down on freedom of travel
As the Kremlin becomes more hostile to the West, civil servants are being denied the right to travel – and ordinary citizens could be next
Articles
The undesirables
A new Russian restrictive norm puts foreign organisations under suspicion and deals a blow to Russian civil society
Ramzan Kadyrov: a challenge to the Kremlin
Kadyrov’s privileged status has increasingly become a serious problem for the Kremlin
Putinist art: Russia cracks down on cultural freedom
Russia's artistic and cultural sphere is coming under attack, as the government tries to use the arts to ensure loyalty to the regime
Putin’s enemy within: Demonising the “fifth column”
In Putin's Russia, anyone who opposes the Kremlin is treated as a threat, while those who commit political murder and violent attacks are left alone
How Russia has come to loathe the West
In the quarter century of post-Soviet development, resentment towards the West has been accumulating to a broad, genuine and raw hatred
Russia is not Charlie
Russia’s official reaction to the French tragedy was little more than diplomatic correctness
No good economic options for Putin
Though Russia is facing a rapid economic decline, Putin continues to effectively ignore the looming recession.
Vladimir Putin, historian-in-chief
Putin continues to blur the lines between historian and political chief, effectively and single-handedly re-writing Russia's collective history.
Putin clamps down on freedom of travel
As the Kremlin becomes more hostile to the West, civil servants are being denied the right to travel – and ordinary citizens could be next
The origins of Russia’s new conflict with the West
The conflict between Russia and the West is evidence of a post-Cold War clash of worldviews that has never been resolved
Podcasts
Russia’s cultural war against the West
Maria Lipman, ECFR visiting fellow and former editor-in-chief of the Pro et Contra journal, and Kadri Liik, ECFR senior policy fellow, discuss the cultural…
In the media
Maria Lipman on religion in Russia
Article by Mari a Lipman on the Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadirov.
Maria Lipman on the prospect of discontent
Masha Lipmann on Putin's main goals
Maria Lipman is quoted on attacks against a ukrainian barrage in the secessionist East of Ukraine.