Lilia Shevtsova

Former  Senior Associate
Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program
Moscow Center
Shevtsova chaired the Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center, dividing her time between Carnegie’s offices in Washington, DC, and Moscow. She had been with Carnegie since 1995.
Education

PhD, Political Science, Academy of Social Sciences
MA, BA, History and Journalism, Moscow State Institute of International Relations

 

 

 

Languages
  • English
  • Russian
Contact Information

Latest Analysis

    • Commentary

    Gorbachev: A Leader Who Changed the World

    • February 09, 2011
    • Russia Beyond the Headlines

    Mikhail Gorbachev deserves recognition for being a leader who changed the world with his willingness to make difficult and unpopular decisions.

    • Research

    Gorbachev and Yeltsin: Reformer and Terminator

    As a revolutionary, Boris Yeltsin was ready to go much further than his predecessor, Mikhail Gorbachev. In the end, however, he returned Russia to a system that put power in the hands of a single person and discredited democratic freedoms.

    • Research

    How the West Has Become the Kremlin’s Hostage

    The recent reset between Russia and the West is being used by Moscow as a tool for the legitimization and perpetuation of the Russian status-quo and hasn’t prevented the strengthening of repressive policies inside Russia.

    • Research

    Rule Against Law

    Khodorkovsky's conviction illustrates the dead-end road that Russia is on and underscores the personalized nature of Russia’s regime, despite attempts to don a “human face” over the past two years.

    • Commentary

    West and Russia: Do No Harm

    • November 11, 2010
    • Women and Foreign Policy / Foreign Policy Blogs

    Instead of helping Russia to transform itself, the reset between Russia and the West ultimately serves to legitimize the Russian system of personalized power and enable the preservation of the status quo.

    • Commentary

    Resetology

    • November 03, 2010
    • The American Interest

    If the “reset” in U.S.-Russia relations does not help achieve a genuine movement towards Russia’s political liberalization, then it risks legitimizing the Kremlin's system of personalized power.

    • Research

    The System vs. Khodorkovsky

    The second trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev is overtly political and aims not only to justify then-President Vladimir Putin's brand of Russian governance, but also to show that Putin is not ready to step down from power.

    • Commentary

    Russia Today

    • October 20, 2010

    To promote political change in Moscow, the West must hold Russia’s elite accountable and provide incentives to help encourage true democratic behavior in Russia.

    • Commentary

    In the Russian Wildfires, Will Putin Get Burned?

    • August 15, 2010
    • The Washington Post

    The Russian government’s poor response to the wildfires will further widen the chasm separating the nation’s authorities from society.

    • Commentary

    It Takes Two to Reset

    The U.S. administration and politicians in Moscow have sharply divergent views on the ‘reset’ in bilateral relations. Where U.S. officials see dialogue, compromises, and concessions as a means of winning over the other side, the Russian elite considers dialogue to be a sign of weakness.

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