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
Russia has fundamentally changed after 2014
Valeria Jegisman of Free Russia Foundation, sat down with Alexandr Morozov during his recent visit to Washington, D.C., to talk about Russia’s political system and future, the impact…
Political emigration from Russia: Germany
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…
Spirituality and reality: why traditional values do not rescue Russia.
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…
From Hope to Despair: what is the difference between the 2011 and 2017 protests?
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.…
The Generation of Tolerance and Independence
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…
Open Russia considered undesirable in Russia—now what?
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…
Yevgenia Chirikova: Our task is to help grassroots movements in Russia
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…
How to make sure the Kremlin remembers Boris Nemtsov
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…
Russian faux family values: Domestic violence decriminalized in Russia
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…
Stop funding RT: Better ways to spend the budget money
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…