Alexandr Litoy

Alexandr Litoy is a Moscow-based journalist, specialising in socio-political issues and youth extremism. He began his career at Novaya Gazeta, before moving to RBC Holdings. He is currently a freelance journalist.

For Generation P, Putin is Russia

Putin has successfully managed to persuade his fellow citizens that he and Russia are one and the same. на русском языке

By Alexandr Litoy

/ 23 Oct 2014

Putin’s International Brigades

The Donbas separatists have been fighting the Ukrainian army with the help of volunteers from all over the world – like the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-9.

By Alexandr Litoy

/ 2 Oct 2014

The Crimean ‘terrorists’

Four Crimean residents are facing up to 20 years in prison for protesting against the Russian annexation of the peninsula.

By Alexandr Litoy

/ 15 Sep 2014

Separatism in Russia

Russia has been fanning the fires of separatism in Ukraine, but the government is not so keen on separatism at home.

By Alexandr Litoy

/ 29 Aug 2014

The punishment for Bolotnaya Square

On 24 July, the Moscow City Court sentenced Sergei Udaltsov, leader of the left wing of the Russian opposition, to four-and-a-half years in prison.

By Alexandr Litoy

/ 25 Jul 2014

The Cossacks

Cossacks have always been loyal to the Kremlin. The crisis in Ukraine has only confirmed that loyalty.

By Alexandr Litoy

/ 24 Jul 2014

Arresting numbers

Human rights defenders in Russia have released data on the numbers of Russians arrested at protests; and what they were protesting about.

By Alexandr Litoy

/ 15 Jul 2014

The ultimate conspiracy theory

The National Liberation Movement, led by Yevgeny Fyorodov, a Duma Deputy, believes that Russia has been occupied by the Americans, that the US has been drafting Russia's laws... But the NLM has a plan to save Russia. на русском языке

By Alexandr Litoy

/ 5 Jun 2014

Prisoners without conscience

Members of BORN, a Russian ultranationalist group, will soon face trial for murder. They have been linked with Centre E and the presidential administration in Moscow; and with ‘Svoboda’ and ‘Pravy Sektor’ in Kyiv.

By Alexandr Litoy

/ 12 May 2014