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Published in: oDRHas the Russian opposition lost its way?From the euphoria of last winter, reality has bitten Russia's opposition. President Putin is resurgent, popular...
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Published in: oDRBlue skies, clear thinking: Russian democracy in the CloudThe recent election to the Coordinating Council of the Russian opposition was a first. Run across the whole country,...
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Published in: oDRRussia, over the cuckoo’s nest
President Putin’s first 100 days have been quite dramatic, with protests becoming edgier and draconian laws being...
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Published in: oDRWhy Russia needs a defamation law... a proper one.
Many democratically-minded Russians have seized upon the recent re-criminalisation of defamation as an further...
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Published in: oDR‘Pussysteria’, or the awakening of Russia’s conscienceOn 10th July a Moscow court extended the pre-trial detention of three members of feminist punk rock band Pussy Riot,...
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Published in: oDRFathers and sons: a generational gap in the Russian opposition?
As Putin’s new government beds in and shows its teeth against the protesters, Dmitry Travin takes a look at the...
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Published in: oDROptimism in diversity? Moscow’s March of MillionsDespite a heavy riot police presence, a spirit of optimism and unity was tangible at Moscow’s ‘March of Millions’...
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Published in: oDRVlad Putin and the loneliness of the long distance presidentVladimir Putin unexpectedly pulled out of last weekend’s G8 summit in the USA, sending Prime Minister Dmitry...
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Published in: oDRHow Moscow protesters turned from angry urbanites into enraged citizensVladimir Putin’s swearing-in as President last week was accompanied by protest rallies that were brutally broken up...
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Published in: oDRThe cosmonauts have landed: tales from an occupied MoscowRussia has a newly inaugurated president, but its capital has been shaken by two days of unexpected violence and...
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Published in: oDRPutin returns, but will Russia revert to ‘virtual democracy’?As Vladimir Putin embarks on his third presidential term, the inevitable question must be how long he will be able...
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Published in: oDRRussian politics: is Kudrin the cure for Putin’s ‘tandem malaise’?Are we witnessing the death throes of Russia’s ruling tandem? Since last September, when their (apparently) joint...
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Published in: oDRGoing on empty: interviews with Astrakhan’s hunger protestersA month ago today, more than twenty people joined ex-candidate Oleg Shein in a hunger strike against disputed...
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Published in: oDRCrisis planning: what chance a ‘soft’ Putin?In the second of his analytical articles, Dmitri Travin gives further consideration to Russia’s way forward under...
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Published in: oDRThe free city of Moscow: reflections on Russia’s protest movement
It is easy to write off the events of the last few months as a predictable prelude to bureaucratic revanchism. But...
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Published in: oDRCrisis planning: which way forward for Putin’s regime?The elections are over; the protests continue, though in muted form. Russia’s way forward is not solely a matter of...
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Published in: oDRMedvedev’s party reform: concession or convenience?The protest movement which was born after Russia's recent parliamentary elections achieved one very rapid result...
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Published in: oDROrenburg: East or West? Home is best!Orenburg is typical of many provinicial Russian towns in that the government does what it wants, while the people...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s Regional SpringRussia’s regions went to the polls on 4th March not only to elect a new president, but to decide who ruled in their...
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Published in: oDRNote to Russian opposition: get over the election and work together for the futureArtemy Troitsky believes that Putin’s opponents contributed to their own defeat by taking a winter holiday, while...
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