20.Anna Nemtsova, “Shrinking Siberia,” Newsweek, September 17, 2012, http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/09/16/shrinking-siberia.html.

21.“A Bridge to Asia?” Economist, September 8, 2012, http://www.economist.com/node/21562240.

22.As cited in “Russia to Sell Desolate Lands to China?” Pravda (Moscow), January 30, 2012, http://english.pravda.ru/russia/economics/30-01-2012/120367-russia_far_east-0/.

23.Rachel Morarjee, “China Drives Development of Russia’s Far East,” Russia Beyond the Headlines, March 29, 2011, http://rbth.ru/articles/2011/03/29/chinese_funds_key_to_unlocking_riches_of_far_east_12642.html.

24.Ibid.

25.Pirchner, The Russian-Chinese Border: Today’s Reality(Washington, D.C.: American Foreign Policy Council, August 2002), 5.

26.“Russia’s Far East Region bans Chinese Migrant Farmers,” Want China Times, September 26, 2012, http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1102&MainCatID=11&id=20120926000042.

27.Bertil Lintner, “The Chinese Are Coming . . . to Russia,” Asia Times, May 27, 2006, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HE27Ag01.html.

28.Vitaly Kozyrev, “Russia’s New Asia Strategy: Assessing Russia’s Eastward Pivot,” Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 14, 2012, http://csis.org/files/attachments/121114_rep_kozyrev_summary.pdf.

29.John Daly, “Russia’s Far East—Rising Energy Superpower,” oilprice.com, March 29, 2012, http://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Russias-Far-East-Rising-Energy-Superpower.html.

30.As cited in Segei Blagov, “Russia Mulls Far Eastern Economic Revival,” Jamestown Foundation, Eurasia Daily Monitor9, no. 83 (May 3, 2012), http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=39320.

31.Lee, “The Far East between Russia, China and America,” Foreign Policy Research Institute, E-Notes, July 2012, 2.

32.Ibid.

33.Ibid., 4.

34.Alexei Arbatov, “If the West Continues the Expansion, Moscow Will Drive East,” Nezavisimaya Gazeta(Moscow), January 3, 1997, 3.

35.“Russia’s Primakov urges ‘Strategic Triangle’ with China, India,” Agence France-Presse, December 21, 1998.

36.Jephraim P. Gundzik, “The US and that ‘Other Axis,’” Asia Times, June 9, 2005, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GF09Ad08.html.

37.“China, Russia Conduct Military Exercises,” Associated Press, August 18, 2005, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-08-18-china-russia_x.htm?csp=34.

38.“UN Rejects Taiwan’s Membership Bid,” China Daily, July 24, 2007, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-07/24/content_5442231.htm.

39.“SCO Sends Strong Signals for West to Leave Central Asia,” People’s Daily, July 8, 2005, http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200507/08/eng20050708_194907.html.

40.John J. Dziak, The Military Relationship between China and Russia, 1995–2002: Russia’s Role in the Development of China’s Strategic Potential(American Foreign Policy Council, 2003), 10.

41.Ibid., 5.

42.Nicklas Norling, “China and Russia: Partners with Tensions,” Policy Perspectives4, no. 1 (2007): http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/publications/2007/Norling_China_and_Russia.pdf.

43.“Russia And China: New Horizons for Cooperation,” Russia Today, June 5, 2012, http://rt.com/politics/official-word/putin-russia-china-article-997/.

44.Kathrin Hille and Jamil Anderlini, “Russia and China to Strengthen Trade Ties,” Financial Times, June 5, 2012, http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d8999462-af27-11e1-a8a7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2AFXROa3w.

45.Pirchner, The Russian-Chinese Border: Today’s Reality(Washington, D.C.: American Foreign Policy Council, August 2002), 8.

46.Shoichi Itoh, Russia Looks East: Energy Markets and Geopolitics in Northeast Asia(Washington, D.C.: Center for Strategic & International Studies, July 2011), http://csis.org/files/publication/110721_Itoh_RussiaLooksEast_Web.pdf.

47.Karaganov, “Russia’s Asian Strategy.”

48.Thomas Grove, “Russian PM Warns China on Expansion; Medvedev Defends Far East,” Reuters, August 9, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/09/us-russia-china-territory-idUSBRE8780Y320120809.

49.Vladimir Radyuhin, “Russian Bear Wary of Chinese Dragon; Kremlin Economic Plan Warns of Chinese Threat to Country’s Industries,” Straits Times(Singapore), April 9, 2012.

50.Grove, “Russian PM Warns China on Expansion; Medvedev Defends Far East,” Reuters, August 9, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/09/us-russia-china-territory-idUSBRE8780Y320120809.

51.Ana Nivtova, “VOSTOK-2010—Unprecedented War Games in Full Swing in Russia’s Far East,” Global Crisis News, July 5, 2010, http://www.globalcrisisnews.com/general/vostok-2010-unprecedented-war-games-in-full-swing-in-russias-far-east-1718/.

52.Ibid.

53.“Russia Completes Restructuring Of Its Command Structure,” Press Trust of India, October 23, 2010, http://brahmand.com/news/Russia-completes-restructuring-of-its-command-structure/5262/1/10.html.

54.Peter Kazimiroff, “Russia Deploys S-400 to Far East,” IHS Janes, August 22, 2012, http://www.janes.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?id=1065970786.

CHAPTER SIX

1.“Electoralniye Presidenskiye Reitingi [Presidential electoral ratings],” Yuri Levada Analytical Center, February 26, 2013, http://www.levada.ru/26-02-2013/elektoralnye-prezidentskie-reitingi-fevral-2013.

2.“Russia Protests: Putin Opponents March in Moscow,” BBC, June 12, 2012, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18405306.

3.Dmitry Babich, “United Russia Fails to Win 50 Percent in State Duma Elections,” Russia Beyond The Headlines, December 5, 2011, http://rbth.ru/articles/2011/12/05/united_russia_fails_to_win_50_percent_in_state_duma_elections_13893.html.

4.Josh Wilson, “The All-Russia People’s Front: A Broad and Controversial Coalition,” School of Russian and Asian Studies, June 26, 2011, http://www.sras.org/declaration_of_the_formation_of_the_all_russia_people_front.

5.A complete list of constituent organizations is available, in Russian, on the Front’s official website, http://narodfront.ru/.

6.Author’s conversations, Moscow, Russia, March 2013.

7.Ibid.

8.Ibid.

9.“Russia’s Putin Signs NGO ‘Foreign Agents’ Law,” Reuters, July 21, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/21/us-russia-putin-ngosidUSBRE86K05M20120721.

10.Ibid.

11.“Russian Authorities Raid ‘Thousands’ of NGOs,” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, March 22, 2013, http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-ngosearches/24934961.html.

12.As cited in Arnaud de Borchgrave, “Testimony before the House of Representatives Committee on International Relations,” October 1, 1997, http://www.russianlaw.org/Borchgrave.htm.

13.Author’s conversations, Moscow, Russia, March 2013.

14.Ira Iosebashvili, “Russia’s Capital Flight Intensifies,” Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204409004577156242197448030.html.

15.Courtney Weaver, “Russia Makes Little Headway on Capital Flight,” Financial Times, January 11, 2013, http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d7bd5b1c-5c12-11e2-ab38-00144feab49a.html#axzz2OHhD0E9H.

16.Dev Kar and Sarah Freitas, Russia: Illicit Financial Flows and the Role of the Underground Economy(Global Financial Integrity, February 2013), http://russia.gfintegrity.org/Russia_Illicit_Financial_Flows_and_the_Role_of_the_Underground_Economy-HighRes.pdf.

17.Press Release, “Russia Hemorrhages at Least $211.5 Billion in Illicit Financial Outflows From 1994–2011—New GFI Study,” Global Financial Integrity, February 13, 2013, http://www.gfintegrity.org/content/view/597/.

18.“Medvedev: Corruption ‘Serious’ Problem,” United Press International, November 11, 2011, http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/11/11/Medvedev-Corruption-serious-problem/UPI-79671321034639/.