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EuropeMarch 1, 2022
Memory Wars in Russia and Ukraine
The current fighting is about territory, but also about history.
Vadim Nikitin
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WorldAugust 6, 2021
Violetta Grudina Brings Political Dissidence to Murmansk
An ally of Alexey Navalny running for local office in northern Russia faces naked repression in an increasingly hostile political climate.
Vadim Nikitin
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Civil UnrestApril 26, 2021
As Alexey Navalny’s Health Deteriorates, the Movement’s Momentum Flags
But across Russia, another kind of power is building.
Vadim Nikitin
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January 28, 2021
Alexei Navalny Grows More Powerful Every Time Putin Talks About Him
One day we may look back on January 2021 as the beginning of the end of Putin’s reign.
Vadim Nikitin
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WorldSeptember 2, 2020
As Alexei Navalny’s Life Hangs in the Balance, So Does the Fate of the Russian Opposition
The Russian opposition leader’s unique gift for uniting disparate people, ideas, and movements undoubtedly helped make him a target.
Vadim Nikitin
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WorldAugust 20, 2020
What Belarus Stands to Lose
Fixing the country’s broken democratic process can’t come at the cost of the inequality and corruption other former Soviet republics are now facing.
Vadim Nikitin
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Foreign PolicyAugust 2, 2017
We Need to Stop Using Russia as a Political Football
From Nixon to Trump, there have always been long-term risks in exploiting foreign policy for domestic political gain.
Vadim Nikitin
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HistoryDecember 22, 2011
Back in the USSR
Ever since 1991, Russians have been looking to the Soviet past for comfort and pride.
Vadim Nikitin
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ActivismJuly 18, 2011
The Rebirth of Russian Civil Society
A new generation of web-savvy civic activists are steadily builiding a participatory, nonideological and conspicuously patriotic movement against official corruption.
Vadim Nikitin
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ActivismOctober 20, 2010
The New Civic Activism in Russia
Indifference and suspicion might be as much to blame as authoritarianism for Russia’s lack of democracy. That’s why an uptick in local-level civic engagement is welcome news.
Vadim Nikitin