Russia has changed dramatically since the beginning of this decade. This volume presents a
unique collection of articles by Russian scholars and experts originally published in Russian
in the journal Kontrapunkt (Counterpoint). The authors include Yulia Bederova Andrey Desnitsky
Maria Eismont Aleksandr Gorbachev Tatiana Nefedova Ella Paneyakh Sergey Parkhomenko
Nikolay Petrov Kirill Rogov Sergey Sergeev Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya Andrey Soldatov
Svetlana Solodovnik Anna Tolstova Aleksandr Verkhovsky and Natalia Zubarevich. Their essays
cover a broad range of subjects from the Russian political scene and state-society relations to
the politics of culture and the realm of ideas and symbols. These contributions offer
fascinating insights into Russia's multifaceted and complex development after the annexation of
Crimea in 2014.
