Russias Break Up between Fantasies and Reality. Conversation with Andreas Umland. Café Eurasia

Welcome to the channel My name is Anton Shekhovtsov, and Im the Director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity. In this Special Episode of CDI Talks, I talk to my longtime colleague Andreas Umland about the potential breakup of the Russian Federation. Andreas Umland is a senior analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, and also a cofounder of the Centre for Democratic Integrity. He is a prolific author who has published widely on Russian and Ukrainian politics, nationalism, and foreign affairs with a special focus on German foreign policy. Andreas Umland is also the editor of the book series Soviet and PostSoviet Politics and Society and Ukrainian Voices at ibidemPress. 00:00 Introduction 04:05 Everything is possible, we live in a liquid modernity 05:29 We need to be prepared for Russia s disintegration 05:50 Will Russia s ethnic republics claim sovereignty 08:50 National selfawareness in