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
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Protesters in Moscow have been charged with violating three articles of Russia’s criminal code. Stanislav Andreychuk and Denis Shadrin, experts from Golos, consider the most outrageous examples.
Stanislav Andreychuk considers the role of invalidating signatures in attempts to sway upcoming elections to the Moscow City Duma
Ivan Davydov reflects on the success of the recent campaign to free the Russian journalist, and the authorities’ response
Ivan Davydov on the protest in Yekaterinburg and the institutional legitimacy crisis
Denis Grekov considers how a weak economy and rising public indebtedness affect ordinary Russians’ readiness to protest
Andrei Zakharov and Leonid Isaev consider parallels between the “monarchial presidencies” of Algeria and Russia
Denis Grekov argues that the Russian government’s latest moves towards censorship will only stimulate further public discontent
Margarita Zavadskaya reflects on whether opposition figure Alexei Navalny is carving out a new niche on Russia’s political left, and what he might stand to win or lose from a leftward pivot
With public patience for gross corruption at an all-time low, a ticking time bomb has been laid at the foundations of Russian politics for years to come, writes Ivan Davydov
Yulia Krivonosova on whether more sophisticated voting technologies can solve the problem of vote rigging
Vladislav Inozemtsev looks at what lies behind a wave of pessimism sweeping the Russian population