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Articles with tag "Opposition"

opinion Valery Panyushkin

Meet Russia's Most Harmless Terrorists – The Most Decent People You Could Meet

The FSB has branded the Anti-War Committee a terrorist group.The real threat they pose? Having a conscience.

Hollywood Stars Back Jailed Russian Activist on Hunger Strike

Mikhail Kriger has been on a dry hunger strike for more than a week in protest of his treatment by prison authorities.
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Jailed Russian Opposition Activist Mikhail Kriger Declares Hunger Strike

Kriger declared a hunger strike in protest of his repeated placement in solitary confinement.
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Europe’s Top Rights Body to Create ‘Platform for Dialogue’ With Exiled Russian Opposition

The platform will seek to strengthen Russian democratic groups' capacity to bring about “democratic change in Russia” and “a lasting and just peace...
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Russian Dissidents Plead With Canada to Accept Anti-War Activists Facing Deportation From U.S.

In a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the group asked Ottawa to grant asylum to Russians currently subject to U.S. deportation orders.
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Moscow Investigators Press Fresh Criminal Charges Against Exiled Activist Maxim Katz

Russia’s Investigative Committee said it was considering whether to issue an arrest warrant for Katz, who has lived in Israel since 2022.
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Feature

‘First of All, It’s Beautiful’: Marat Gelman Seeks to Disarm Putin’s Nuclear Threats in New Art Project

The art gallerist and former Kremlin adviser-turned-critic has, for the first time in his career, stepped into the role of an artist himself.
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Russia Declares Navalny Memoir ‘Extremist’

In response, Leonid Volkov said that President Vladimir Putin “feared, fears, and will always fear” Alexei Navalny. 
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opinion Boris Bondarev

Not Even a Putinist Minister's Suicide Could Unite Russia's Opposition

From ghoulish gloating to performative righteousness, the response of Russia's exiled opposition was empty and disjointed.
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Conference Seeks Solidarity Among Indigenous Peoples of Russia, Ukraine and Central Asia

The first-of-its-kind forum brought together Indigenous voices from Russia as well as Central Asia and Ukraine.
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Nadezhdin Campaign Manager Stripped of Russian Citizenship

Dmitry Kisiev called the revocation of his citizenship a "political move."
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Belarus Opposition Leader Tsikhanouski Freed From Jail

His wife Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said the United States helped broker the deal and thanked U.S. President Donald Trump personally.
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opinion Leyla Latypova

Russia's Opposition Fears the Country's Disintegration. If It Happens, It Would Be Their Own Doing.

A recent opposition event revealed the unhealthy power dynamic between the ethnic Russian majority and the few Indigenous attendees present.
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Navalnaya Launches TV Channel to Fight Russian 'Censorship'

The channel, called Future of Russia, will be broadcast via a free-to-air satellite platform run by Reporters Without Borders.
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opinion Alexei Uvarov

I Was Invited to Discuss a Post-Putin Russia. Here's What I Heard.

I expected the discussions to be detached from reality. But I was pleasantly surprised by the grounded solutions offered for real problems.
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Life on the Margins

Exploring what it means to be "underground" in modern Russia, and the ways anti-war Russians can — and do — express their opposition.
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Feature

‘We Need to Recognize Russia’s Colonial Violence’: Buryat Illustrator Seseg Jigjitova

Jigjitova has emerged as a prominent critic of Russian colonialism and an advocate for the rights of Buryats amid the invasion of Ukraine. 
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Explainer: Does Russia’s ‘Systemic Opposition’ Still Exist?

Even minor differences between these parties have seemingly vanished since the invasion of Ukraine. Can they still play a political role?
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Russian Police Search Homes of ‘Undesirable’ Opposition Politicians

The former municipal deputies were named “founders and co-chairs” of an exiled association of anti-war local politicians, state media reported.
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opinion Vladislav Inozemtsev

Russia’s Businessmen Are Natural Opponents of Putin. They Just Don’t Know It Yet

Both Russia's self-made businessmen and the opposition have a common interest in living in a peaceful democracy that respects the rule of law.
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