Bálint Madlovics (*1993) is a political scientist and economist. He is a junior research fellow at the CEU Democracy Institute. He holds MA in Political Science (2018) from Central European University in Budapest, and BA in Applied Economics (2016) from Corvinus University of Budapest.  Bálint Magyar is Research Fellow at CEU Democracy Institute, working on the subject of patronalism in post-communist countries.He was a member of the Hungarian Parliament (1990-2010). As a Minister of Education (1996-1998; 2002-2006) he initiated and carried out reforms in public and higher education.

• Chronology of Modern Russia (1985–2022)PrefaceKirill RogovI. Russia’s Patronal Autocracy: Elites, Society, and Ideology in War ModeThe Evolution of Russia’s Patronal System: Elites During the War and After PutinNikolay PetrovSocially Inclusive and Exclusive Warfighting: Comparing Ukraine and Russia’s Ways of WarAndras RaczThe Falsification of History: War and Russian Memory PoliticsZoltan Sz. BiroEnter the “Bloody Clown”: Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky in the Lens of Russia’s Media MachineKostiantyn FedorenkoAuthoritarian Deflation: How Russia Lost the Information War against the WestPeter Kreko, Boglarka RedlII. Geopolitical Structures and the War: The Changing Position of Russia and UkraineIn the Gravitational Tensions of East and West: The Systemic and Geopolitical Integration Patterns of Ukraine and MoldovaKalman MizseiNeo-Backwardness and Prospects for Long-Term Growth: The Effects of Western Sanctions on Russia and the Changing Embeddedness of Ukraine in the World EconomyDora GyőrffyFrom Partner to Pariah: The Changing Position of Russia in Terms of International LawTamas LattmannForced Displacement of Ukrainians during the War: Patterns of Internal and External Migration (2014–2022)Oksana Mikheieva, Viktoriya Sereda, Lidia KuzemskaIII. The International Community: Patronal and Non-Patronal Responses to the WarCrescent Rising? The Baltic, Romanian, and “V3” Reaction to the 2022 Russia-Ukraine WarZsombor ZeoldHungary’s Dubious Loyalty: Orban’s Regime Strategy in the Russia-Ukraine WarBalint Madlovics, Balint MagyarDefensive Submission, Lucrative Neutrality, and Silent Detachment: Post-Soviet Patronal Autocracies in the Shadow of the Russian InvasionAnatoly ReshetnikovThe Russia-Ukraine War and China: Neutrality with Imperial CharacteristicsGyula KrajczarContributorsIndex

Bálint Madlovics (*1993) is a political scientist and economist. He is a junior research fellow at the CEU Democracy Institute. He holds MA in Political Science (2018) from Central European University in Budapest, and BA in Applied Economics (2016) from Corvinus University of Budapest.  Bálint Magyar is Research Fellow at CEU Democracy Institute, working on the subject of patronalism in post-communist countries.He was a member of the Hungarian Parliament (1990-2010). As a Minister of Education (1996-1998; 2002-2006) he initiated and carried out reforms in public and higher education.

• Chronology of Modern Russia (1985–2022)PrefaceKirill RogovI. Russia’s Patronal Autocracy: Elites, Society, and Ideology in War ModeThe Evolution of Russia’s Patronal System: Elites During the War and After PutinNikolay PetrovSocially Inclusive and Exclusive Warfighting: Comparing Ukraine and Russia’s Ways of WarAndras RaczThe Falsification of History: War and Russian Memory PoliticsZoltan Sz. BiroEnter the “Bloody Clown”: Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky in the Lens of Russia’s Media MachineKostiantyn FedorenkoAuthoritarian Deflation: How Russia Lost the Information War against the WestPeter Kreko, Boglarka RedlII. Geopolitical Structures and the War: The Changing Position of Russia and UkraineIn the Gravitational Tensions of East and West: The Systemic and Geopolitical Integration Patterns of Ukraine and MoldovaKalman MizseiNeo-Backwardness and Prospects for Long-Term Growth: The Effects of Western Sanctions on Russia and the Changing Embeddedness of Ukraine in the World EconomyDora GyőrffyFrom Partner to Pariah: The Changing Position of Russia in Terms of International LawTamas LattmannForced Displacement of Ukrainians during the War: Patterns of Internal and External Migration (2014–2022)Oksana Mikheieva, Viktoriya Sereda, Lidia KuzemskaIII. The International Community: Patronal and Non-Patronal Responses to the WarCrescent Rising? The Baltic, Romanian, and “V3” Reaction to the 2022 Russia-Ukraine WarZsombor ZeoldHungary’s Dubious Loyalty: Orban’s Regime Strategy in the Russia-Ukraine WarBalint Madlovics, Balint MagyarDefensive Submission, Lucrative Neutrality, and Silent Detachment: Post-Soviet Patronal Autocracies in the Shadow of the Russian InvasionAnatoly ReshetnikovThe Russia-Ukraine War and China: Neutrality with Imperial CharacteristicsGyula KrajczarContributorsIndex

Bálint Madlovics (*1993) is a political scientist and economist. He is a junior research fellow at the CEU Democracy Institute. He holds MA in Political Science (2018) from Central European University in Budapest, and BA in Applied Economics (2016) from Corvinus University of Budapest.  Bálint Magyar is Research Fellow at CEU Democracy Institute, working on the subject of patronalism in post-communist countries.He was a member of the Hungarian Parliament (1990-2010). As a Minister of Education (1996-1998; 2002-2006) he initiated and carried out reforms in public and higher education.

• Chronology of Modern Russia (1985–2022)PrefaceKirill RogovI. Russia’s Patronal Autocracy: Elites, Society, and Ideology in War ModeThe Evolution of Russia’s Patronal System: Elites During the War and After PutinNikolay PetrovSocially Inclusive and Exclusive Warfighting: Comparing Ukraine and Russia’s Ways of WarAndras RaczThe Falsification of History: War and Russian Memory PoliticsZoltan Sz. BiroEnter the “Bloody Clown”: Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky in the Lens of Russia’s Media MachineKostiantyn FedorenkoAuthoritarian Deflation: How Russia Lost the Information War against the WestPeter Kreko, Boglarka RedlII. Geopolitical Structures and the War: The Changing Position of Russia and UkraineIn the Gravitational Tensions of East and West: The Systemic and Geopolitical Integration Patterns of Ukraine and MoldovaKalman MizseiNeo-Backwardness and Prospects for Long-Term Growth: The Effects of Western Sanctions on Russia and the Changing Embeddedness of Ukraine in the World EconomyDora GyőrffyFrom Partner to Pariah: The Changing Position of Russia in Terms of International LawTamas LattmannForced Displacement of Ukrainians during the War: Patterns of Internal and External Migration (2014–2022)Oksana Mikheieva, Viktoriya Sereda, Lidia KuzemskaIII. The International Community: Patronal and Non-Patronal Responses to the WarCrescent Rising? The Baltic, Romanian, and “V3” Reaction to the 2022 Russia-Ukraine WarZsombor ZeoldHungary’s Dubious Loyalty: Orban’s Regime Strategy in the Russia-Ukraine WarBalint Madlovics, Balint MagyarDefensive Submission, Lucrative Neutrality, and Silent Detachment: Post-Soviet Patronal Autocracies in the Shadow of the Russian InvasionAnatoly ReshetnikovThe Russia-Ukraine War and China: Neutrality with Imperial CharacteristicsGyula KrajczarContributorsIndex