No. 266: Virus in the System: Russia and the Corona Crisis

Author(s): Jeronim Perović
Series Editor(s): Lisa Watanabe, Julian Kamasa, Fabien Merz, Benno Zogg
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 266
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020

The coronavirus crisis is a strain on the Russian economy and constitutes a stress test for the popularity of the regime. Its political system will be busy managing the domestic consequences of the pandemic for some time, which could result in foreign policy being more strongly guided by economic considerations.

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Oil Price and Russia's Economy