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Articles by Grigory Vaypan
Opening the Door to Collective Enforcement: Council of Europe Proposals to Secure Payment of ECtHR Awards Against Russia
On 30 September 2026, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted Resolution 2678 (2026) and Recommendation 2315 (2026) that seek to finally move ahead with the implementatio...
Russia Can Be Forced to Pay for Its Crimes: A Proposal
While democratic leaders debate the best way to use $260bn-plus in frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine, a far easier route is available and unused. G7 leaders meeting in Italy from June 13-15 will consider a US-led proposal to use the assets as collateral for loans of as much as $50bn. But there are considerable legal and political hurdles to overcome. Some €210bn ($226bn) of Russian Central Bank assets have been frozen in Europe since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russia’s Prisoner No. 1
A prominent historian, journalist, and opposition politician, Kara-Murza’s persecution stands out among the tens of thousands of politically motivated cases in Russia. Measured in his style and tone, Kara-Murza continued to speak out against the regime regardless of the increasingly punitive measures introduced after the all-out war began and despite the clear risk that a corrupted legal system would jail him.
Transmitting Memory of Stalin’s Repressions to Russia’s Next Generation
Transmitting Memory of Stalin’s Repressions to Russia’s Next Generation In a bid to solidify its hold on historical memory, the Kremlin is pushing the history of Soviet political repressions further and further to the margins. The result: nearly half of young Russians today say they never heard of Stalin’s repressions. Meanwhile, Gulag survivors are still around—in some cases, still fighting for their right to return home.
Will U.S. Protests Lead to Change?
June 23, 202019:40 In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we are joined by Susan Stokes, the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago. She discusses the current Black Lives Matter movement and global protests over the killing of George Floyd.
US Department of Justice Accuses Russia of Corrupting FIFA
BY PAUL MASSARO As the International Olympic Committee and the government of Japan debated whether the COVID-19 pandemic would force the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics, another major event was taking place in the world of international sport. For the first time, the US Department of Justice publicly accused Russia and Qatar of bribing officials from FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, to secure the World Cup.
WEBCAST: To the Rescue: Economic Responses to the Coronavirus in Argentina and Brazil
Argentina and Brazil have adopted starkly different public health responses to the coronavirus, but both countries have reacted aggressively to limit the damage to their already struggling economies. Brazil, freed of budget constraints by an emergency congressional measure, is ramping up spending on healthcare, unemployment relief and business stimulus, and expanding credit for financial institutions and hard-hit sectors, such as hospitality and retail.
WEBCAST: Disinformation Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
RSVP for event Apple CalendarGoogleOutlook WEBCAST: Disinformation Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic As the coronavirus has spread globally, so has disinformation and censorship by authoritarian governments. Both Russia and China have attempted to spread false information about the genesis of the virus and China has clamped down internally on information surrounding the pandemic, silencing both domestic reporters and whistleblowers.
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