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The Satinsky Archive
The Oral History of Americans and other foreigners who participated in the historic dismantling of the Soviet economy by Russian reformers and who contributed to the creation of the Russian market economy in the 1990s.
09-03-2025
What Do Russians Read for News, and How Can Independent Media Reach Them?
Alesya Sokolova
08-14-2025
From Wages to Loyalty: Economic Incentives Behind Support for Russia’s Authoritarian Regime
Ekaterina Kurbangaleeva
WHAT WE DO
We are a data-driven center at The George Washington University that advances evidence-based research and translates it into policy analysis on Russia, while training the next generation of scholars in innovative, accessible digital methods for studying semi-closed societies.
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We develop digital research methods that address the inaccessibility of fieldwork in Russia and equip scholars without technical expertise to use cutting-edge tools for conducting social, political, linguistic, and economic research.
We publish preprints—timely, evidence-based studies released ahead of formal reviewed publication in accessible language—to give scholars and policymakers early access to new data and analysis on Russia’s politics, society, culture, and global role.
Every day, our projects generate knowledge—through Russia.Post op-eds, data releases, oral history interviews, and publications across other outlets. We share these insights in clear, accessible ways to keep you informed with reliable, academically grounded analysis.
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LATEST FROM THE RUSSIA PROGRAM
09-03-2025
What Do Russians Read for News, and How Can Independent Media Reach Them?
Alesya Sokolova
09-01-2025
Prisoners of Assad: The dialectics of Russian and Iranian interaction with the Assad regime, 2015-24
Dr. Antonio Giustozzi
09-11-2025
Social Media in Russia: What Is Allowed, What Is Not, and How the Law, Monitoring Techniques and Technologies Are Evolving
Natalia Garina
09-09-2025
Power of Siberia 2: Russia to Keep Subsidizing Gas to China at a Loss
Mikhail Krutikhin
What Went Wrong?
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records firsthand perspectives on both American and Russian political, economic, diplomatic, and military developments under Putin and Bush
A quantitative analysis of Putin's public discourse derived from computational linguistic research of his speeches
The Oral History of Americans and other foreigners who participated in the historic dismantling of the Soviet economy by Russian reformers and who contributed to the creation of the Russian market economy in the 1990s.
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