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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Martin Dewhirst reviews ‘How to end Russia’s War on Ukraine: Safeguarding Europe’s futures, and the dangers of a false peace,’ a report published by Chatham House

22 July 2023 by Martin Dewhirst Martin Dewhirst reviews How to end Russia’s War on Ukraine: Safeguarding Europe’s futures, and the dangers of a false peace, edited by James Nixey, published by…

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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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Aleksandr Podrabinek: Peacemakers line up at the Kremlin Gates

29 May 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV How do we stop Russia’s war against Ukraine? This topic has become fashionable in international relations. Just who hasn’t signed up to…

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Russia’s Informers. A discussion with Sergei Medvedev, Olga Romanova and Aleksandr Cherkasov [Radio Svoboda]

26 April 2023 Olga Romanova and Aleksandr Cherkasov on how the culture of denunciation has been reborn in Russia Source: Radio Svoboda Sergei Medvedev: In a year of war, denunciation culture…

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Lev Shlosberg: The collapse of the state begins with its alienation from the individual

13 April 2023 Lev Shlosberg, chairman of the Pskov Regional Branch of the Yabloko party, historian, journalist and holder of a Moscow Helsinki Group award Source: Moscow Helsinki Group For…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: The Great Terror Lite

12 April 2023 By Aleksandr Podrabinek   Source: Vot-Tak.TV With the beginning of the war against Ukraine, the moderately severe authoritarian dictatorship in Russia began swiftly transforming itself into a merciless…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: On the thirst for peace and the Moloch of dictatorship

3 April 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Radio Svoboda "We need world peace!" - Soviet leaders loudly proclaimed in their day, while evil tongues added: "But mostly, we want the…

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