In late March, two COVID-19 cases were discovered at the large AvtoVaz factory in the Russian city of Tolyatti. The next month, by order of the directors, around 30,000 people still turned up for work. How did the workers at this car factory respond?
The 2019 summer of protest in Moscow may be a distant memory for Russia’s fast-moving political scene. But dozens of people who protested against the removal of city election candidates have found themselves under investigation - or behind bars.
Coronavirus must change the neoliberal rationale, and rescue the social contract between the welfare state and the market economy that can plan to prevent the crises to come.
In Russia, the authorities are increasingly taking aim at left-wing activists - using any means necessary. The charges against Miftakhov, his lawyers say, stem from his anarchist beliefs and support for political prisoners.
