Russia's Changing Economic and Political Regimes

Editors' preface Introduction Andrey Makarychev and Andre Mommen 1. Master Signifier in decay: evolution of Russian political discourse since Putin's comeback Andrey Devyatkov 2. New media and the political protest: the formation of a public counter-sphere in Russia of 2008-12 Svetlana S. Bodrunova and Anna A. Litvinenko 3.Russian identity after the fall of the USSR. From generation "?" to generation "T" ("Transnational")? Sergey Akopov 4. Foreign policies of Putin's regime: strategies of politicization and depoliticization Andrey Makarychev 5..Modes of integration in the world economy: the case of Russia under Putin Hans van Zon 6. New trends in Russia's energy policy? Ekaterina Demakova 7.Modernization in Russian relations with EU member states: conventional goal, new means, unexpected consequences? Tatiana Romanova and Elena Pavlova 8. On the normative gap in the EU-Russia relations Anastasia Stepanovich 9. From multi-vector to vectorless: Ukraine's policy towards Russia and the EU Elena Gnedina and Evghenia Sleptsova 10. The German-Russian dialogue and the economic interaction Leyli Rustamova 11. China and Russia: globalizing partners in trade? Andre Mommen 12. Another face of glocalization: cities going international (the case of North-Western Russia) Alexander Sergunin and Pertti Joenniemi 13. Quality of governance, globalization and regional inequality: the Russian case Irina Busygina and Mikhail Filippov 14.The future of Putinism Andrey Makarychev and Andre Mommen