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<title><![CDATA[Leonid Bershidsky - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/27251.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Leonid Bershidsky]]></description><category domain="27251">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Tech Censorship Is the Real Gift to Putin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-11/tech-censorship-is-the-real-gift-to-putin?srnd=premium</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Authoritarian leaders will use'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Twitter'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s ban on Trump to justify their own deplatforming of political opponents for inciting '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'terrorism.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Ukraine Won't Help Trump Get Dirt on Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-won-t-help-trump-132309900.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Not for the first time, Ukraine has found itself at the center of an American political scandal. News reports say that President Donald Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to dig up dirt on his potential election rival, Joe'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Biden. Trump says...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No, Populists Haven't Taken Over the EU]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-26/the-european-parliamentary-election-wasn-t-a-populist-victory?srnd=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nationalist, euroskeptic parties'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' made gains, but they won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be able to disrupt the European project as they hoped.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Write Off Merkel Just Yet]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-10-30/angela-merkel-will-retain-an-outsize-place-in-german-politics?srnd=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even as a lame duck chancellor, she could use her remaining time in office to take meaningful action.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin Gets Reminder to Turn Attention Back Home]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-07-20/putin-s-poll-numbers-are-reminder-to-not-neglect-domestic-policy</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Polls show a big drop in the Russian president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s approval ratings in response to unpopular reforms.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Erdogan Fought Hard and Won Unfairly in Turkey]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-25/erdogan-fought-hard-and-won-unfairly</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The steady creep of authoritarianism in the country ensured that the opposition had little chance to challenge the Turkish president.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump and Kim Have a Chance to Become True Heroes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-27/a-nobel-prize-for-trump-and-kim-is-no-joke</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If they manage to achieve peace in Korea, they'll be genuine heroes, whatever else they are.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Zuckerberg Has No Way Out of Facebook's Quagmire]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-21/facebook-s-mark-zuckerberg-has-no-way-out-of-this-quagmire</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's simply no way to fix the fake news and data abuse problems without destroying the social network's business model.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin Has Committed Russia to a Risky Gamble]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-16/the-russian-election-means-more-of-putin-s-risky-gamble</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The next six years will show whether Russia can get away with not following any rules.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Elon Musk Beat Russia's Space Program]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-02-07/how-elon-musk-beat-russia-s-space-program</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The upstart billionaire's private passion enabled SpaceX to achieve things the Russian industry has given up.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Helping to Make Elites Great Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-16/trump-is-helping-to-make-elites-great-again</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is no contradiction between President Donald Trump's decision this year to visit the World Economic Forum in Davos -- that ultimate congregation of elites -- and his populist politics. Rather, everything Trump has done so far promotes a slogan JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Officer...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Protest 'Support' Is Likely to Backfire on Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-05/trump-s-iran-protest-support-is-likely-to-backfire</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Protesters need to score their own first strike before outside support makes sense.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Catalonia Isn't Ready for This Fight]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-10-27/catalonia-isn-t-ready-for-this-fight</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Declaring independence is just symbolism now. But a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' heavy Spanish hand could change the game.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Some U.S. Ex-Spies Don't Buy the Russia Story]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-10/why-some-u-s-ex-spies-don-t-buy-the-russia-story</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2003, when a number of former intelligence professionals formed a group to protest the way intelligence was bent to accuse Iraq of producing weapons of mass destruction, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' wrote'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a sympathetic column quoting the group's members. In 2017, you...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Europe's Populists Aren't the Threat You Think]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-07/europe-s-populists-aren-t-the-threat-you-think</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Euroskeptic, anti-immigrant parties are slipping in polls and may not win any major victories this year.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Facebook Plans to Rewire Your Life. Be Afraid.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-02-17/mark-zuckerberg-s-manifesto-for-facebook-offers-a-social-dystopia</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mark Zuckerburg's manifesto offers a vision of social dystopia.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Team Looks Smarter on Russia]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-01-12/trump-s-team-looks-smarter-on-russia</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rex Tillerson made it clear at his confirmation hearing that he is not a fan of Vladimir Putin. That surprised many of those who held his record of successful deals in Russia, and his Russian Order of Friendship medal, against him. It shouldn't have. Tillerson was not out of sync with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Germany's New Policing Model]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-01-03/german-police-use-profiling-to-prevent-new-attacks</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[German police'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' responded to the New Year's Eve assaults in Cologne last year with increased vigilance, and profiling.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Berlin and Merkel Will Survive This Attack, Too]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-20/berlin-and-merkel-will-survive-this-attack-too</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The government's handling of the situation contrasts favorably with the nationalists' hysteria.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Facebook, Keep the Fact-Checkers in Their Place]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-16/facebook-keep-the-fact-checkers-in-their-place</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Facebook has detailed its plan for combating fake news. It will effectively outsource the fact-checking of news stories flagged by users as possibly fake to third-party groups'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that should, at a minimum, be signatories to a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' code'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' developed at'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the Poynter Institute, a Florida-based...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Exxon CEO Has the Skills for a Better Russia Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-12/exxon-ceo-rex-tillerson-could-run-a-better-russia-policy</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Donald Trump chooses Exxon Mobil Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state, it will be proof that his administration will take a new approach to U.S. policy toward Russia, as he hinted during the campaign. The dismay about that shift in the expert and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Erdogan Will Need to Liberalize Turkey to Survive]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-07-22/erdogan-will-need-to-liberalize-turkey-to-survive</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The increasingly authoritarian president knows that the failed coup'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' had underlying causes that won't go away.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Trust Putin's Syria Pullback]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-03-14/don-t-trust-putin-s-syria-pullback</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Vladimir Putin's unexpected announcement that Russian troops would pull back from Syria shouldn't be taken at face value: He's made similar announcements in the past to show Western negotiating partners how constructive he can be. He always has a hidden agenda.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Russia Stopped at Crimea]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-02-22/why-russia-stopped-at-crimea</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Vladimir Putin has boasted that Russia took over Crimea "without a single shot being fired." There's even a propagandamovie'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that presents the operation as the result of brilliant Kremlin planning and seamless execution. A'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' document published on Monday shed new light on why...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin, Up Close and Personal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-12-17/putin-up-close-and-personal</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference on Thursday lasted three hours and 11 minutes, and didn't produce much in the way of news, with the possible exception of his praise for Donald Trump and his semi-admission that Russian servicemen are involved in the war in eastern...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Something Rotten in Corporate Germany?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-09-24/is-germany-s-corporate-establishment-rotten-</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As it accepted the resignation of Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn on Wednesday, the executive committee of Volkswagen's supervisory board praised his "towering contributions" to the company that stands to lose much of its $37 billion cash stash making amends for major fraud committed...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin's Iran Game Bests Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-04-15/putin-s-iran-game-bests-obama</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's much easier to explain why Russian President Vladimir Putin wants a multilateral deal with Iran than U.S. President Barack Obama. The political and economic gains from the removal of United Nations-imposed sanctions are palpable for Russia, while iffy at best for the U.S.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Russia That Died With Nemtsov]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-02-28/the-russia-that-died-with-boris-nemtsov</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For years, Moscow insiders have reacted to former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov's philippics against President Vladimir Putin with a roll of the eyes. Everyone knew what Nemtsov was going to say. The man Boris Yeltsin almost pi?ked as his successor had become irrelevant,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2015: The Year of the Putin Dictatorship]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-12-29/2015-the-year-of-the-putin-dictatorship</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I hated what happened to Russia in 2014 so much that I decided to move away. It's safe to say, however, that 2015 will be worse. President Vladimir Putin's regime is on the verge of transitioning from mild authoritarianism to outright dictatorship. The country's newly amended military...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Putin Won Big in China]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-05-21/how-putin-won-big-in-china</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leonid Bershidsky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin has achieved what Western leaders feared: He has cut a big, long-term deal to supply natural gas to China, a pivot to the East that makes Russia much less vulnerable to whatever sanctions the West might impose.]]></description>
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