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Dissecting Russia’s winter of protest, five years on
Five years ago, thousands took to Russia’s streets to protest electoral fraud in what became a push against Putin’s status quo. Researchers discuss the significance of this moment and the movements it...
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Putin Country
As authoritarian control and renewed superpower tension dominate headlines, telling stories of Russia’s everyday heroes can reveal lost alternatives.Workers walk along a railway line into the...
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Putinism as Gaullism
There are limits of defining a regime by the name of its leader, but Putinism has the echoes of post-war France, and of its president. Remembering De Gaulle, Paris, 2010. CC-by-SA-3.0: Gunasekhar Karri...
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In St Petersburg, long-distance truck drivers are holding out for victory
Russia’s long-distance truck drivers have started a nationwide strike. But without support from political parties or other groups, how far can they go? РусскийPetersburg's trucker protest is part of a...
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Fighting back, in the back of beyond
Across Russia, active citizens are fighting for their neighbourhoods, livelihoods and against systemic corruption. The moment when these agendas meet will be an important one.April 2017. Truck drivers...
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