Dmitry Stratievski on German media coverage of the recent Moscow City Duma elections
Protests
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The Russian authorities are resorting to creative new legal measures to repress protesters and independent candidates who were barred from running in Moscow’s elections, writes Sergey Davidis
Lincoln Pigman on how Russian authorities used digital technology to suppress Moscow protests
The Kremlin is cracking down hard on protests in Moscow. Ivan Davydov reflects on what this says about relations between Russia’s rulers and those they rule
Protesters in Moscow have been charged with violating three articles of Russia’s criminal code. Stanislav Andreychuk and Denis Shadrin, experts from Golos, consider the most outrageous examples.
Sergey Davidis on political repression in Russia and Article 228 of the Russian Criminal Code
Ivan Davydov on the protest in Yekaterinburg and the institutional legitimacy crisis
Denis Grekov considers how a weak economy and rising public indebtedness affect ordinary Russians’ readiness to protest
The pomp of Vladimir Putin’s fourth inauguration has a tsarist quality to it, and so does his government’s sanctioned violence against protesters.
Is there any potential for an anti-war movement in Russia?
A brief history of protests in contemporary Russia