Introduction. The Post-Crimea Russia: Development Scenarios
Journal: Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
Year: 2015

Tis book is a new volume produced by the international team of experts that has been working on Russia development scenarios since 2007. In their previous work, Russia 2025: Scenarios for the Russian Future published in 2013, this group of researchers analyzed alternative paths for Russia’s development after Vladimir Putin’s return to the Kremlin. However, the unexpected and rapid developments of February–March 2014 went far beyond the scenarios and analysis offered by our experts; the current t