Russian Groupthink
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova on collective identity, public opinion and generational fault-lines in Russian politics
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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
Russia’s young pessimists
Stepan Goncharov on the growing discontent among younger generations of Russians
Why is Khabarovsk backing Furgal?
Sergey Belanovsky and Anastasia Nikolskaya look into how Khabarovsk residents perceive the arrest of their governor, and examine what brings protestors onto the streets
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
Who voted against the amendments?
Stepan Goncharov analyses the views of the Russians who voted against the amendments
Putin vs Zhukov: Two Views on Civic Responsibility
Olesya Zakharova on how a young Russian student is reframing his president’s ideas of civic responsibility
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
Challenges for Indigenous Peoples in the Russian North
Arbakhan K. Magomedov on the protest mood in Yamal
