Sergey Belanovsky and Anastasia Nikolskaya on the ideology of political activists and the need to cooperate with officials
Protests
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Kirill Shamiev on how the Khabarovsk Region stood up to the ‘Far West’
In Russia’s Far East, a false state clashes with a doomed civil society, writes Ivan Davydov
Ivan Davydov considers why and how protests against political repressions sometimes work
Natalia Forrat on how state support programmes to leading universities have stunted their political solidarity and autonomy
Maxim Trudolyubov on customizing repressions in Russia
Arbakhan K. Magomedov on the protest mood in Yamal
Julian Waller on the evolution of ‘Smart Voting’: 2011 vs. 2019
Dmitry Stratievski on German media coverage of the recent Moscow City Duma elections
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