The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook page. A transcript of today’s Daily Vertical can be found here.
ON MY MIND In a resolution passed today, the State Duma compared the ban of Russia’s track-and-field athletes from the Summer Olympics to “the Spanish Inquisition.” Over the top? Sure. But it’s also par for the course for Vladimir Putin’s regime. Back in early 2000, shortly after Putin came to power, a Foreign Ministry official […]
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The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook page. A transcript of today’s Daily Vertical can be found here.
On this week’s Power Vertical Briefing, we discuss the fallout from Russia’s track-and-field athletes being banned from the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August.
ON MY MIND The official reaction to Russia’s track-and-field athletes effectively being banned from this year’s Summer Olympics is both predictable and telling. Despite the overwhelming evidence of systematic state-sponsored doping and despite reports that armed Russian security agents prevented international doping officials from testing athletes, the whole thing is being presented as part of […]
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