A study of Russian civil society and its resilience under authoritarian pressure. We explore how people defend human rights and free expression, how the state works to silence them, and why independent voices and grassroots initiative still matter for the country's democratic future
Freedom of Speech is undoubtedly a universal value. There is the First Amendment in the U.S. Bill of Rights adopted back in 1789. In Russia, Article 29 of…
One of the biggest questions following the horrible murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov goes to the impact it will have on the Russian opposition. Will the…
We asked several compatriots of different professions about their reasons for moving from Russia to the U.S. What was the final straw that caused it? What in their…
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