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Articles with tag "Opposition"

‘Peaceful Russia’: Anti-War Exiles Found Their First Political Party

The Peaceful Russia party wants to work on behalf of Kremlin critics inside and outside the country. But many questions remain unanswered.

Regions Calling: How Rare Wartime Protests Changed This Siberian Republic

One year ago, nearly 2% of Altai's population rallied against political and economic encroachment from Moscow. What has happened since?
6 Min read

PACE Keeps Chechen Dissident on Advisory Panel After LGBTQ+ and ‘Honor Killing’ Comments

Ruslan Kutayev stirred controversy last month when he said that he had “no desire to look into” the issue of women and LGBTQ+ people fleeing violence...
2 Min read
opinion Ramazan Alpaut

To Be Truly Democratic, Russia’s Opposition Must Learn to Accept Scrutiny

Journalists should not serve political movements. But Russia's opposition treats unflattering reporting as tantamount to Kremlin propaganda.
4 Min read
Feature

Even in Exile, Russia’s Political Opposition Struggles to Rise Above Its Divisions

Despite the exiled opposition’s reputation for infighting and ineffectiveness, some activists inside Russia say it still plays an important role.
7 Min read
opinion Ramazan Alpaut

Russia’s Opposition Doesn’t Know How to Quit Kremlin-Style Chauvinism

The uproar over a Chechen activist’s comments on “honor killings” and LGBTQ+ people has exposed a broader crisis within Russia’s opposition.
4 Min read

‘Nemtsov’s Story Is Russia’s Story’: Mikhail Fishman on ‘The Successor’ and the Russia That Never Was

The exiled journalist’s book, now out in the U.S., is both a biography of Boris Nemtsov and a history of Russia’s failed democratic transition.
6 Min read
Feature

This Mysterious Occult Healer Is Behind Some of Russia’s Biggest Wartime Protests

Svetlana Lada-Rus defies conventional expectations of who a worthy Putin opponent should be. What's the secret to her popularity?
6 Min read

Chechen PACE Member Suspended After LGBTQ+ and ‘Honor Killing’ Comments

Ruslan Kutayev, a member of the Platform for Dialogue with Russian Democratic Forces at PACE, said he had never been contacted to help women and LGBTQ+...
3 Min read

Instagram Star’s Appeal to Putin Sets Off a War of Words, From State TV to the Opposition

Viktoria Bonya’s viral message to Putin about the plight of ordinary Russians has become a political lightning rod.
4 Min read
Feature

‘Putin, Come Out!’: Why Artist Pavel Krisevich Challenged the Russian Leader to a Duel

The provocative performance artist and activist speaks to MT about how he stays engaged with Russia's domestic discourse from exile.
7 Min read

Tver Police Briefly Detain Rassvet Founder Yekaterina Duntsova at Political Prisoner Event

Duntsova, who tried but failed to run against Vladimir Putin in the 2024 presidential election, was taken in for questioning on Thursday night.
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Feature

Russia’s Exiled Anti-War Movements Are Learning to Play the Long Game

While grassroots anti-war groups were energized and driven to resist the war at its outset, a litany of challenges has reshaped their work.
5 Min read
opinion Boris Bondarev

Resisting the Kremlin's Communication Crackdown Requires New Thinking

Russia's opposition is falling back on performative tactics that have failed repeatedly. We need to take a new approach.
6 Min read
Feature

‘The Motherland Is Catching Up’: Russians in Kazakhstan Feel Moscow’s Reach in String of Expulsions

Kazakhstan's reputation as a safe haven for Russian exiles has been upended by a string of planned expulsions of dissidents.
6 Min read
News Analysis

Russia’s Opposition Has Representation in PACE. Can They Achieve Anything?

Some hail the group’s existence as a major milestone, while others remain skeptical of what Russia’s fractured opposition can accomplish.
6 Min read

Council of Europe Assembly Approves Candidates for Russian Anti-War Platform

The initiative is intended to give members of the exiled opposition a formal channel to engage with lawmakers from the council’s 46 member states.
3 Min read
opinion Boris Bondarev

The Hollow Core of Russia's Opposition Is Exposed, Again

The Leonid Volkov controversy shows that Russia's opposition has too much in common with the regime they hope to replace.
7 Min read
opinion Valery Panyushkin

Why Won't This Russian Opposition Politician Watch His Language?

Parents teach their children that being rude has consequences. Leonid Volkov's words could land him and the Russian opposition in trouble.
4 Min read
opinion An Anonymous Writer in Russia

The Lessons of the Decembrist Revolt Aren’t What Russia’s Opposition Wants to Hear

Most of Russia’s successful liberal reforms have actually come from an autocratic state trying to reform itself rather than from popular uprisings.
5 Min read
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