Lincoln Pigman looks back at a short-lived and misguided attempt to censor a popular messaging app
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Ivan Davydov considers why and how protests against political repressions sometimes work
Olesya Zakharova on how a young Russian student is reframing his president’s ideas of civic responsibility
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
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
Stanislav Andreichuk on the official results of the Moscow City Duma elections and the “Smart Vote” effect
Anton Barbashin reviews Sergei Karaganov’s latest piece on the recent spate of protests in Moscow
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