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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Aleksandr Podrabinek: On the logic of opposition – pushing back against dictatorship

28 August 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Radio Svoboda The war against Ukraine has been a catastrophe for Russia as well as Ukraine. For this reason, it would not be…

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Aleksandr Cherkasov: The defeat of the Putin regime is necessary for Russia itself

Photo: Nikita Mouraviev 31 July 2023 Danila Galperovich interviews Aleksandr Cherkasov Source: Voice of America The former head of Memorial Human Rights Centre that was closed down by the Russian…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: ‘Political Prisoner’ Isn’t a Select Order

31 July 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek  Source: Radio Svoboda After Igor Strelkov-Girkin’s arrest, a strange discussion unfolded in the public space over whether the arrested man should be considered a…

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Ilya Shablinsky on the important events of the past week – no legal consequences for Prigozhin’s mutiny, Ukraine’s offensive, new court verdicts in Russia [Spektr.Press]

Photo by Sergei Chugunov 3 July 2023 By Ilya Shablinsky Source: Spektr.Press I am still trying to make sense of what happened last week. The FSB reported the termination of…

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Boris Altshuler: Andrei Sakharov’s lessons for the present and future

12 June 2023 Speech at the roundtable 'Andrei Sakharov and the World Today', Andrei Sakharov Institute, Paris, 12 June 2023 [Edited by Boris Alshuler for publication] by Boris Altshuler, member…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: Gladiatorial battles on the approaches to Moscow

26 June 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek  Source: Vot-Tak.TV The only thing we have to thank Evgeny Prigozhin for is that he pulled the window-dressing off the Russian regime’s facade. For…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: The Wagner Mutiny – a Halfway Revolt

24 June 2023 By Aleksandr Podrabinek  Source: Radio Svoboda About 400 years ago, the English poet John Harington wrote, “Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prosper,…

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Ilya Shablinsky: On rebellion and the fate of Prigozhin [Spektr.Press]

Photo by Sergei Chugunov 26 June 2023 by Ilya Shablinsky Source: Spektr.Press We need to reflect and comment on a recent episode of political life that has been both dramatic…

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