The long history of Russian state suppression of the press
Ala Graff on how the state authorities tried to control the media in different historical periods
Politics
The Anatomy of Regional Loyalty
Stanislav Shkel, Andrey Scherbak, and Tatiana Tkacheva reflect on why Russian ethnic minority regions show staunch support for an ethnic Russian president
Foolproofing Putinism
Fabian Burkhardt on why Mikhail Mishustin might be one of the most ambitious Prime Ministers in recent Russian history
Punishment without crime: political prisoners in Russia
Ellen Leafstedt notes how Alexei Navalny’s recent imprisonment adds to a growing list of political prisoners in Russia
Alexei Navalny and his potential supporters
Stepan Goncharov investigates the levels of support and opposition to Alexei Navalny across Russia
Russian Groupthink
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova on collective identity, public opinion and generational fault-lines in Russian politics
In Russia’s largest protests in years the North Caucasus mostly stayed home. Why?
Ivan U. Klyszcz discusses possible factors in the small turnout for the 23 January protests in the North Caucasus republics
Navalny’s return puts the spotlight back on Russia’s security services
Kirill Shamiev sees Alexei Navalny’s return to Russia — and subsequent arrest — as another reminder of why reform of Russia’s security services is long overdue
2020 in Russia: the year when politics became a crime
Ivan Davydov on key developments in Russia in 2020
Six myths about elections and protests in autocracies
Margarita Zavadskaya on why it’s high time we forgot the rhetoric of “colour revolutions”
Russia’s war on Covid-19 is stalling
Vladislav Inozemtsev on how Russian authorities are losing the battle against COVID-19