title: Global Russians: In Search of Lost Time
abstract: The thirty years of joint efforts to build an effective dialogue between the Russian government and the Russian diaspora abroad have produced controversial results. The Russian diaspora has remained one of the most divided and disunited in the world. Its potential as a lobbyist and broker has gradually shrunk to zero, while no system capable of protecting the rights of compatriots has been built by Moscow to this day. Recent years have seen still greater fragmentation and polarization of Russian
journal: Russia in Global Affairs