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 phenomenon of modern political emigration from Russia is still causing some doubts, but most likely so as of now just in the details of it. The flow…
A talk about spiritual values - a convenient propagandistic instrument, which allows masking social policy failures. Fierce arguments about the film "Matilda," dedicated to events that took place…
Six years ago, ’the multipolarity’ of the opposition pushed the government to make concessions. Today, however, protests are monopolized and the chance of achieving any concessions is minimal.…
Many young people came to the protest rallies all around Russia on June 12. There is an increasingly urgent need to understand: what is it that the “Putin…
On April 27, the General Prosecutor's Office introduced three structures created by Mikhail Khodorkovsky into the register of undesirable NGOs: Open Russia Civic Movement, UK, Otkritaya Rossiya, UK…
Recently the image of Russia in the world has been very depressing. Russian Federation is perceived globally as aggressive and not very intelligent. And, actually, it's not very intelligent…
Last month, thousands of people held rallies and vigils in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities across Russia to mark the second anniversary of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, the…
Russia is known as a country with a high level of domestic violence. There are no official statics available, while the Crisis Centers for Women and other organizations…
State Duma, the Russian Parliament have just adopted Russian federal budget for 2017. No cuts for funding propaganda was made, of course. If you are interested how “Russia…
On June 22 Russia commemorates 75th anniversary of Nazi Germany attack against the Soviet Union in 1941. For every American killed in the World War 2 there were…
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