August is traditionally the slow season (although rarely so when it comes to Russia), but also is the month in which I was moving to Prague to take up my new position as a research fellow at the Institute of International Relations Prague. Nonetheless, here are my various publications:
‘Putin’s perverse win-win in the Olympic doping scandal‘, Vox, 23 August
‘“This Is a Strategy of Tension” – Galeotti on FSB Statement,’ interview on Hromadske TV, 20 August
‘Can government reshuffles bring any hope for Russia?,’ IntelliNews Business New Europe, 19 August
‘Putin’s incredible shrinking circle,’ openDemocracy: Russia, 16 August
‘Ossified Putinism,’ interview for Sean’s Russia Blog (SRB) podcast, 13 August
‘Vladimir and Nicholas: Putinism enters a new historic phase,’ ECFR Commentary, 9 August
‘What Turkey can learn from Russia about coup-proofing the military,’ War On The Rocks, 2 August
‘Confessions of a Kremlin conspiracy theorist,’ openDemocracy: Russia, 1 August
Also, the RFE/RL Power Vertical podcasts of 5 August, 19 August and 26 August.
In Moscow's Shadows 
Matthew Daley
/ October 7, 2016Hey Mark,
Just listened to today’s PV podcast. The fact that the current situation scares the crap out of you is a bit terrifying, to say the least.
Mark Galeotti
/ October 7, 2016In fairness, I ought to be clear: it’s not that I think we’re facing thermonuclear armageddon, by any means, just a bumpier and more overtly confrontational spell