2020 in Russia: the year when politics became a crime
Ivan Davydov on key developments in Russia in 2020
Informational policy
Tight-lipped social networking services
Stanislav Andreychuk on why social networking sites do not contribute to freedom of elections
Digital literacy: Russia’s path
Sergey Davydov reflects on Russians’ adoption of digital habits at a time of coronavirus
Meaningless electioneering
Ivan Davydov is scratching his head at the vacuous and facile advertising campaigns pushing for amendments to the Russian Constitution
In memoriam: Russia’s ban on Telegram, 2018–2020
Lincoln Pigman looks back at a short-lived and misguided attempt to censor a popular messaging app
Moscow’s fight against the “enemies of Orthodoxy” in the Balkans
With the help of local friends and pro-Kremlin media, the Russian Orthodox Church has launched a propaganda campaign in the Balkans, writes Julia Petrovskaya
Sometimes, even Russia’s protesters can win
Ivan Davydov considers why and how protests against political repressions sometimes work
Strategic miscommunication
Ivan Davydov reflects on the Kremlin’s communication with society in 2019
Moscow’s voice in Kyiv
Part seven of “Russian Media: Moscow and Beyond Calling”: who promotes Moscow’s position in Ukraine?
The Russian media in Belarus
Part six in the series ‘Russian Media: Moscow and Beyond Calling’: Russia’s information influence on Belarus
One Of Russia’s Top Foreign Policy Analysts Turns Inwards, With Warnings Of Revolution
Anton Barbashin reviews Sergei Karaganov’s latest piece on the recent spate of protests in Moscow
Lies as a pillar of Russian power
Part five in the “Russian Media: Moscow and Beyond Calling” series on media, propaganda, and authoritarianism in Russia