Civil Society

Civil society and its resilience under authoritarian pressure, in Russia and beyond: 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 a democratic future

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Civil Society

Assault on Georgia’s Pride. Western democracy Faces off with Russia’s countryside

The July 2021 Attack on Tbilisi’s Dignity March and Georgia’s EU and NATO Bid

Article by Egor Kuroptev Jul 8, 2021
Civil Society

The Pandemic: Anti-Western rhetoric and information campaign by the Kremlin-controlled Russian media

Kremlin Media Manipulation at Home and in Russian-Speaking Countries

Report by Free Russia Foundation Jun 30, 2021
Civil Society

The main culprits of the Environmental Crises of Russia’s Far East

Militarization, Moscow’s Neglect and China’s Cross-Border Pollution

Article by Yuri Moskalenko Jun 2, 2021
Civil Society

Putin’s War on Russia’s Youth

Attacks on Navalny’s Movement, DOXA, the Internet, and Education

Article by Fedor Krasheninnikov Apr 19, 2021
Civil Society

Putin’s Courts: the Methodical Destruction of the State’s Most Important Institution

Ilya Yashin’s Case and the Recognition of Russian Court Decisions Abroad

Article by Fedor Krasheninnikov Apr 12, 2021
Civil Society

Save Navalny, Stop Putin!

Navalny’s Hunger Strike and Putin’s Personal Responsibility for His Fate

Article by Fedor Krasheninnikov Apr 2, 2021
Civil Society

The Arrest of One Governor and the True Worth of Putin’s Ratings

Penza Governor Ivan Belozertsev and the Silence After His Arrest

Article by Fedor Krasheninnikov Apr 1, 2021
Civil Society

Repression as the Essence of Putin’s Domestic Policy

Why the Kremlin Publicizes Repression and Why It Keeps Growing

Article by Fedor Krasheninnikov Mar 25, 2021
Civil Society

More West in Georgia now

A New EU and U.S. Approach to Georgia and the South Caucasus

Article by Egor Kuroptev Mar 23, 2021
Civil Society

Putin and the Internet: The War Is Only Beginning

Blocking Social Media and Putin’s View of the Internet as a “CIA Project”

Article by Fedor Krasheninnikov Mar 18, 2021

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