54.Peter Kazimiroff, “Russia Deploys S-400 to Far East,” IHS Janes, August 22, 2012, http://www.janes.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?id=1065970786.
CHAPTER SIX
1.“Electoralniye Presidenskiye Reitingi [Presidential electoral ratings],” Yuri Levada Analytical Center, February 26, 2013, http://www.levada.ru/26-02-2013/elektoralnye-prezidentskie-reitingi-fevral-2013.
2.“Russia Protests: Putin Opponents March in Moscow,” BBC, June 12, 2012, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18405306.
3.Dmitry Babich, “United Russia Fails to Win 50 Percent in State Duma Elections,” Russia Beyond The Headlines, December 5, 2011, http://rbth.ru/articles/2011/12/05/united_russia_fails_to_win_50_percent_in_state_duma_elections_13893.html.
4.Josh Wilson, “The All-Russia People’s Front: A Broad and Controversial Coalition,” School of Russian and Asian Studies, June 26, 2011, http://www.sras.org/declaration_of_the_formation_of_the_all_russia_people_front.
5.A complete list of constituent organizations is available, in Russian, on the Front’s official website, http://narodfront.ru/.
6.Author’s conversations, Moscow, Russia, March 2013.
7.Ibid.
8.Ibid.
9.“Russia’s Putin Signs NGO ‘Foreign Agents’ Law,” Reuters, July 21, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/21/us-russia-putin-ngosidUSBRE86K05M20120721.
10.Ibid.
11.“Russian Authorities Raid ‘Thousands’ of NGOs,” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, March 22, 2013, http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-ngosearches/24934961.html.
12.As cited in Arnaud de Borchgrave, “Testimony before the House of Representatives Committee on International Relations,” October 1, 1997, http://www.russianlaw.org/Borchgrave.htm.
13.Author’s conversations, Moscow, Russia, March 2013.
14.Ira Iosebashvili, “Russia’s Capital Flight Intensifies,” Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204409004577156242197448030.html.
15.Courtney Weaver, “Russia Makes Little Headway on Capital Flight,” Financial Times, January 11, 2013, http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d7bd5b1c-5c12-11e2-ab38-00144feab49a.html#axzz2OHhD0E9H.
16.Dev Kar and Sarah Freitas, Russia: Illicit Financial Flows and the Role of the Underground Economy(Global Financial Integrity, February 2013), http://russia.gfintegrity.org/Russia_Illicit_Financial_Flows_and_the_Role_of_the_Underground_Economy-HighRes.pdf.
17.Press Release, “Russia Hemorrhages at Least $211.5 Billion in Illicit Financial Outflows From 1994–2011—New GFI Study,” Global Financial Integrity, February 13, 2013, http://www.gfintegrity.org/content/view/597/.
18.“Medvedev: Corruption ‘Serious’ Problem,” United Press International, November 11, 2011, http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/11/11/Medvedev-Corruption-serious-problem/UPI-79671321034639/.
19.Masha Charney, “Dmitry Medvedev’s New Assault on Corruption,” Rossiyskaya Gazeta, April 2, 2012, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/russianow/politics/9180719/Dmitry-Medvedev-corruption-Russia.html.
20.Matt Blake, “Was Russian Defence Minister Really Sacked Because He Was Cheating On His Wife, the Daughter of One of Putin’s Closest Friends?” Daily Mail, November 6, 2012, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2228701/Putin-sacks-Russian-defence-minister-Anatoly-Serdyukov-60m-corruption-scandal.html.
21.Olga Doronina, “State Duma Deputies on the Anti-Corruption Warpath,” Russia Behind the Headlines, February 22, 2013, http://rbth.ru/politics/2013/02/22/state_duma_deputies_on_the_anti-corruption_warpath_23163.html.
22.Ibid.
23.Author’s conversations, Moscow, Russia, March 2013.
24.Thomas Grove, “Church Should Have More Control over Russian Life: Putin,” Reuters, February 1, 2013, http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/01/us-russia-putin-church-idUSBRE91016F20130201.
25.Sophia Kishkovsky, “Russian Orthodox Church Asserts Role in Civil Society,” New York Times, December 18, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/world/europe/19iht-educLede19.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.
26.As cited in “Know Thy Enemy: ‘Church-Haters’ Blacklisted,” Russia Today, April 25, 2012, http://rt.com/politics/church-enemies-christianity-list-936/.
27.Laura Smith-Spark, “Russian Court Imprisons Pussy Riot Band Members on Hooliganism Charges,” CNN, August 18, 2012, http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/17/world/europe/russia-pussy-riot-trial.
28.As cited in “Know Thy Enemy: ‘Church-Haters’ Blacklisted,” Russia Today, April 25, 2012, http://rt.com/politics/church-enemies-christianity-list-936/.
29.Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature Of Mass Movements(New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2002), 17.
30.Janusz Bugajski, Dismantling the West: Russia’s Atlantic Agenda(Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, 2009), 121.
31.Stephen Blank, “Russia’s Energy Weapon and European Security,” paper presented to the conference on “NATO One Year after Georgia: National Perspectives,” Washington, D.C., October 8, 2009, http://www.acus.org/files/StephenBlank-RussiaEnergy.pdf.
32.Jeff M. Smith, “The Great Game, Round Three,” Journal of International Security Affairs, no. 17 (Fall 2009): http://www.securityaffairs.org/issues/2009/17/smith.php.
33.U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, “Country Analysis Brief: Russia,” September 18, 2012, http://www.eia.gov/countries/analysisbriefs/Russia/russia.pdf.
34.Smith, “The Great Game, Round Three,” Journal of International Security Affairsno. 17 (Fall 2009): http://www.securityaffairs.org/issues/2009/17/smith.php.
35.Author’s interviews, Moscow, Russia, March 2013.
36.“U.S. Could Surpass Saudi Output by 2020,” Associated Press, October 23, 2012, http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2012/10/23/us-top-oil-producer/1652937/.
37.Between mid-2003 and mid-2004, investment experienced a dramatic reversal, changing from a net inflow of some $4.6 billion to capital flight of over $5 billion. See Carola Hoyos and Arkady Ostrovsky, “Russia Fears Dollars 13bn Capital Flight After Yukos,” Financial Times(London), November 8, 2003; “$5.5Bln Left Russia in First Half of Year,” Moscow Times, July 5, 2004.
38.“Russia Unable to Increase Oil Production Quickly—Gref,” Interfax, June 17, 2004.
39.Author’s conversations, Moscow, Russia, March 2013.
40.Gleb Bryanski, “Russia to get Stronger Nuclear Navy, Putin Says,” Reuters, July 30, 2012, http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/07/30/uk-russia-putin-navy-idUKBRE86T1D020120730.
41.“Medvedev: Arctic Resources are Key to Russia’s Future,” Seattle Times, September 18, 2008, http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2008187217_russia18.html.
42.William J. Broad, “Russia’s Claim under Polar Ice Irks American,” New York Times, February 19, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/world/europe/19arctic.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1311810481-IXSrMDBjzhfGopGmYcf6tw.
43.Translated and republished in English as “DOCUMENT: Russia’s New Arctic Strategy,” Journal of International Security Affairs, no. 18 (Spring 2010): http://www.securityaffairs.org/issues/2010/18/russia%27s_new_arctic_strategy.pdf.
44.Ibid.
45.“Russia Plans Arctic Army Brigades,” BBC, July 1, 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13997324.