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
The profound and longstanding negligence which characterize Moscow’s attitude toward the Far East as Russia's extractive colony and periphery is most clearly manifested in environmental disasters continuously ravishing the region.
The events of the past few days have clearly demonstrated that Putin and his regime perceive Russia’s youth, especially its most active and politicized members, as the biggest…
On April 7, well-known Russian opposition politician and Council chairman, Ilya Yashin, a deputy of the Krasnoselsky municipal district, received an electronic notification that a court sentenced him…
On March 31, it was reported that Aleksei Navalny, who is currently imprisoned in a penal colony, began a hunger strike to protest prison officials’ abuse and the…
According to official Central Election Commission data, in September 2020, Ivan Belozertsev, member of the United Russia party nominated by Putin, won an amazing 78.8 percent of the…
For the past few years, the Russians have been living in an atmosphere of growing political repression. The more things soured for Putin domestically and internationally, the larger…
Before I start describing Georgia as a country and a reform leader in its region - Georgia is, after all, a country recognized for its success on its path toward inclusion in the Euro- and Euro-Atlantic family - I would like to pose to readers of this material the question whether you personally believe that Georgia is an important country for the West or not?
In order to ensure his dominance in the media space on the eve of a new electoral cycle, Putin is willing to use any means including the blocking…
The Russian Orthodox Church—as a social, organizational, and financial structure - is extremely fragile, and may collapse in the near future, argues this report by Fedor Krasheninnikov
The coronavirus pandemic has continued to have an effect on numerous aspects of our lives. A large number of NGOs have also been affected by it. A significant…
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