Six myths about elections and protests in autocracies
Margarita Zavadskaya on why it’s high time we forgot the rhetoric of “colour revolutions”
Category: Protests
The ideology of political opposition in Russia
Sergey Belanovsky and Anastasia Nikolskaya on the ideology of political activists and the need to cooperate with officials
A surprise from the Far East
Kirill Shamiev on how the Khabarovsk Region stood up to the ‘Far West’
The tragedy of politics as normal: the meaning of the protests in Khabarovsk
In Russia’s Far East, a false state clashes with a doomed civil society, writes Ivan Davydov
Sometimes, even Russia’s protesters can win
Ivan Davydov considers why and how protests against political repressions sometimes work
How Russian university administrations were tamed by the state
Natalia Forrat on how state support programmes to leading universities have stunted their political solidarity and autonomy
Show Trials in the Information Age
Maxim Trudolyubov on customizing repressions in Russia
Challenges for Indigenous Peoples in the Russian North
Arbakhan K. Magomedov on the protest mood in Yamal
‘Smart Voting’ is Getting Smarter
Julian Waller on the evolution of ‘Smart Voting’: 2011 vs. 2019
What Do Germans Think About the Moscow Protests?
Dmitry Stratievski on German media coverage of the recent Moscow City Duma elections
After a crackdown on protesters, Moscow’s rulers reach for the lawbooks
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
Digital technology and the suppression of the Moscow protests
Lincoln Pigman on how Russian authorities used digital technology to suppress Moscow protests