The articles in the current issue of RAD focus on changes in the field of Russian Studies. Some of these changes were already underway before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but were accelerated by the war and its impact on the discipline. With contributions by Marlene Laruelle, Kevin Limonier, Johanne Kalsaas, Robert W. Orttung and Ivan Grek.

No. 292: The Value of Public Opinion Polls

This issue focuses on the methodological challenges of wartime polling in Russia. The authors of the eight contributions include: Denis Volkov, Bryn Rosenfeld, Jeremy Morris, Heiko Pleines, Anna Biriukova, Elena Koneva, Alexander Chilingaryan, Aleksei Miniailo, Emil Kamalov, Ivetta Sergeeva, Margarita Zavadskaya, and Veronica Kostenko.

We welcome Olga Dzhonua, Temur Gugushvili, Iuliia Iashchenko, Kristina Jonytutė, Adel Khurkhumal, Yara Marusyk and Tamar Qeburia as new CEES Fellows!

This issue deals with informal and formal practices in the time of COVID-​19 looking at the case of Georgia. With contributions by Irakli Korkia, Rhiannon Segar, and Tamar Tolordava.

CEES will hold three workshops in Spring 2023, on April 26, May 3, and May 10,  from 12:15-13:45, Room KO2-F-153, University of Zurich. The program can be found here.

Bernhard Braun: Moskaus (in)existente Mittelschicht. Eine Ethnographie. Mit einem Vorwort von Elisabeth Schimpfössl, Wien, Köln: Böhlau, 2022 (E-Book), 2023

Michael Galbas: Pflichterfüllung. Erinnerungen an den sowjetischen Afghanistankrieg in Russland, Wien, Köln: Böhlau, 2022