Protest is dangerous. Talk of democracy & political change is dangerous. To keep them from spreading, Russia’s rulers must maintain careful control over the life of the nation, @NEDemocracy board… Read more »
After the 1953 uprising against East Germany’s Communist regime, Bertolt Brecht wrote the satirical poem “Die Lösung” (The Solution): After the uprising of the 17th of June The Secretary of the Writers’ Union… Read more »
In threatening Ukraine, the goal of the Russian Federation is to attack European democracy, the country’s Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova told CBS News. “The reason why Putin attacked… Read more »
The coming year in Russian politics is likely to be marked by continued repression of the remnants of political opposition and independent media, experts told The Moscow Times. After a… Read more »
The poisoning in 2020 and imprisonment in 2021 of Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader, marked the transformation of Vladimir Putin’s regime from a consensual autocracy into tyranny, where a… Read more »
Today many Russian democrats, desperate to get Vladimir Putin out of the Kremlin, find themselves voting for the Communists. They are well aware of the irony, the Economist reports: But,… Read more »
The emergence of a broad democratic coalition in Russia will be “extremely difficult,” according to a prominent expert. To begin with, such a potential coalition must have the option to… Read more »
Democracy and civil society activists are among the leading contenders for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the Washington Post reports. The candidates include Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to… Read more »
Russia’s ruling party retained its supermajority in parliament, further cementing President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power following elections that excluded most opposition politicians and were marred by multiple reports of… Read more »
Catalan’s separatist leaders offered to recognize Russia’s claim to Crimea in exchange for Kremlin support for their independence movement and, according to a Spanish police report, they have censored their… Read more »