Andrei Soldatov is a Russian security services expert, and together with Irina Borogan, co-founder of the Agentura.Ru web site. Last year, Soldatov and Borogan co-authored The New Nobility: The Restoration of Russia’s Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB (PublicAffairs).
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Published in: oDRNord-Ost, ten years onToday marks ten years since the start of the Nord-Ost theatre siege, which ended tragically with a bungled special...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s draft treason law: a new big freezeThe draft law currently going through the Duma could definitely be regarded as tightening the screws on...
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Published in: oDRBig Brother, little drones – protestors bewareRussia’s police are starting to use unmanned drones much more often for monitoring street protest rallies, Irina...
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Published in: oDRChinese systems and Western technology: the Kremlin moves to control the internetOn July 11, the Russian Duma passed legislation to establish a central register of extremist websites. The new laws...
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Published in: oDRWhat force (and forces) can the Kremlin use against the opposition?The Kremlin’s nervous reaction to May’s ‘March of the Millions’ on Bolotnaya Square, and uncertainty around a...
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Published in: oDRA near doubling in Russian wiretaps over five years – and that’s only the legal stuff!In a previous article, Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov asked who was bugging the Russian opposition. Here they...