Violetta Alexandrova

Violetta Alexandrova is an anthropology student at Tyumen State University and a member of Public Sociology Laboratory.

In Russia’s new protest cycle, a demand for a democratic state emerges

With their radicalism and creativity, Russia’s regional protests are attracting more and more attention. New research suggests this protest wave is more concerned with forcing the Russian state to observe its obligations than tearing it down.

By Oleg Zhuravlev, Violetta Alexandrova and Darya Lupenko

/ 3 Aug 2020

In Russia’s new protest cycle, a demand for a democratic state emerges