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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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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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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Fakery. Ilya Shablinsky on the important events of the past week: another attempt by Putin to morally justify the war he is waging – and what he is counting on

Photo by Sergei Chugunov 19 June 2023 by Ilya Shablinsky Source: Spektr.Press It turns out that that the first thing to be done here is to review and somehow analyse…

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Read more about the article The dictator is nervous. Ilya Shablinsky on the important events of the past week: Ukraine’s offensive scenarios, the trial of Memorial’s co-chair and the decision in the case of the Rwandan propagandist
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The dictator is nervous. Ilya Shablinsky on the important events of the past week: Ukraine’s offensive scenarios, the trial of Memorial’s co-chair and the decision in the case of the Rwandan propagandist

Photo by Sergei Chugunov 12 June 2023. By Ilya Shablinsky Source: Spektr.Press The circumstances surrounding the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station remain unclear. But perhaps the most important…

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Read more about the article Ideological unity. Ilya Shablinsky on the important events of the past week: Prigozhin’s political programme, Kozlovsky’s expulsion from Russia and Shenderovich’s expulsion from Georgia
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Ideological unity. Ilya Shablinsky on the important events of the past week: Prigozhin’s political programme, Kozlovsky’s expulsion from Russia and Shenderovich’s expulsion from Georgia

Photo by Sergei Chugunov 5 June 2023 by Ilya Shablinsky Source: Spektr.Press Prigozhin and Russia's War against Ukraine The main figure of the current stage of the war, Evgeny Prigozhin,…

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Read more about the article ‘The real aims of the war.’ Ilya Shablinsky on the important events of the past week – Prigozhin’s readiness for civil war, Russian authorities’ attacks on scientists and Trump’s rival
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‘The real aims of the war.’ Ilya Shablinsky on the important events of the past week – Prigozhin’s readiness for civil war, Russian authorities’ attacks on scientists and Trump’s rival

Photo by Sergei Chugunov 29 May 2023 by Ilya Shablinsky Source: Spektr.Press Last week, Evgeny Prigozhin again emerged as a major newsmaker. For starters, he claimed that his private army…

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‘Not a very pleasant analogy.’ Ilya Shablinsky on the important events of last week: Kinzhal-Patriot duel, the Roizman verdict and Zelensky’s foreign tour.

Photo by Sergei Chugunov 22 May 2023 by Ilya Shablinsky Source: Spektr.Press The drawn-out and exhausting war of attrition in Ukraine continues. The main theatre of military action remains Bakhmut…

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Rights in Russia interview – with Anton Burkov on the Russian legal system and lawyering in Russia

Mary Page talks with Dr Anton Burkov, a native of Ekaterinburg where for many years he worked with the human rights NGO Sutyazhnik. In 2001 he received the FEMIDA award…

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Read more about the article ‘A mixture of anger and despair.’ Ilya Shablinsky on important events of the past week:  Prigozhin’s attacks and which lawyer would best serve the superconservative course in Russia
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‘A mixture of anger and despair.’ Ilya Shablinsky on important events of the past week: Prigozhin’s attacks and which lawyer would best serve the superconservative course in Russia

Photo by Sergei Chugunov 15 May 2023 by Ilya Shablinsky Source: Spektr.Press The expected offensive by the Ukrainian armed forces along different sectors of the huge front promised to be…

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