Martin Dewhirst reviews ‘The Last Days of Stalin’ by Joshua Rubenstein

18 September 2023 by Martin Dewhirst Martin Dewhirst reviews The Last Days of Stalin by Joshua Rubenstein, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2016/2017, £12.99, ISBN 978-0-300-22884-7 (pbk). Now…

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Rights in Russia Update [15 September 2023]

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: Speech at the 32nd International Economic Forum in Poland

9 September 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Facebook Speech at the 32nd International Economic Forum in Poland, 9 September 2023 Dear ladies and gentlemen! I would like to touch on…

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Ilya Shablinsky: Myths and legends of a united Russia – on the final ban on personal opinions

12 September 2023 by Ilya Shablinsky Source: Spektr.press Among the most significant developments in the intellectual life of the country in recent months were the publication in Nezavisimaya Gazeta of…

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Martin Dewhirst reviews ‘Pered litsom katastrofy’  [In the Face of Catastrophe], edited by Nikolai Plotnikov

11 September 2023 by Martin Dewhirst Martin Dewhirst reviews Pered listom katastrofy [In the Face of Catastrophe], ed. Nikolai Plotnikov, LIT Verlag, Münster, 2023, from €24,90, ISBN 978-3-643-15317-3. This is…

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OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 322: Five minutes at liberty

9 September 2023 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests and prosecutions in Russia. Each week OVD-Info publishes a bulletin with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive…

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OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 320: “The pain will pass when you go deaf”

26 August 2023 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests and prosecutions in Russia. Each week OVD-Info publishes a bulletin with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive…

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