Anton Barbashin is co-founder and Editorial Director at Riddle Russia. Prior to his work at Riddle Russia, Anton was a co-founder and a Managing Editor of a Warsaw-based, Russia-focused analytical outlet Intersection Project and an analyst with the Center for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding (2014-2018). Since 2023 Anton is a senior member of University Consortium. Mr. Barbashin was a non-resident research Fellow at the Atlantic Council (2019-2021) and a Visiting Expert at the Kennan Institute, Wilson Center in 2017. Mr. Barbashin was an editor of A Successful Failure: Russia after Crime(a), published in 2017. He is currently a post-graduate researcher with the University of Glasgow.
Anton Barbashin
Co-founder and Editorial Director, Riddle Russia
Content by Anton Barbashin
Commentary
What Russia’s wartime Duma election means for the Kremlin
Russia’s upcoming Duma election will be the first since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In an unfavourable context, the Kremlin’s political managers have been highly active in sterilising the ballot. Anton Barbashin, Editorial Director of Riddle Russia, examines how these wartime elections are becoming a demonstration of support for the war and Putin’s continued rule.