WEBINAR: Tracing Russia’s (Post-Pandemic) Future: Public Opinion and the Crisis of Late Putinism with Dr. Aleksandar Matovski

One of the most significant global trends in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the entrenchment of authoritarian regimes across the globe. Russia, however, has been uncharacteristically absent from this pattern. While strongmen like Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and China’s Xi Jinping have used the crisis to consolidate their power and influence, Russia’s Vladimir Putin – previously the top “innovator” in this field – has been struggling to maintain his popular standing and to legitimize the extension of his rule beyond the end of his current term in office in 2024. What do these trends mean for the future of Russia and Putin’s regime? Dr. Matovski’s presentation will examine key trends in Russian public opinion, as well as the strategies that the Putin regime might employ to extend its reign.

Wednesday, May 27, 2020 12:00 - 1:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time) EVENT URL: https://gwu.webex.com/gwu/onstage/g.php?MTID=e23f3a8e448bd41832342c70b152cc4a9 MEETING NUMBER: 474-823-353 EVENT PASSWORD: nvor RSVP

Aleksandar Matovski is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at Williams College and an Associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. He holds a PhD in Government from Cornell University, a MA in War Studies from King’s College London, and a BA in Law from Saints Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje.

PONARS Eurasia  is an international network of scholars advancing new approaches to research on security, politics, economics, and society in Russia and Eurasia. The program is based at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies ( IERES ) at the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. PONARS Eurasia is supported in part by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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