Russian Groupthink
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova on collective identity, public opinion and generational fault-lines in Russian politics
protests
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
Six myths about elections and protests in autocracies
Margarita Zavadskaya on why it’s high time we forgot the rhetoric of “colour revolutions”
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
In memoriam: Russia’s ban on Telegram, 2018–2020
Lincoln Pigman looks back at a short-lived and misguided attempt to censor a popular messaging app
Sometimes, even Russia’s protesters can win
Ivan Davydov considers why and how protests against political repressions sometimes work
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
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