Why Russia’s Long Distant Truckers’ Strike Needs Support
Since November 15, truckers have been staging protests in no less than twenty-four regions across Russia against a new freight tax. The law institutes a
November 30, 2015
Resistance
Ukraine Slipping into Paramilitary Arms Race
New Russia! Magazine column, “Ukraine Slipping into Paramilitary Arms Race.” Here’s the opening paragraph: Max Weber defined a state by its power to uphold its
May 22, 2014
The Day Kyiv Blew Up
Guest post by William Risch On January 19, 2014, Kyiv exploded. It started with a peaceful mass rally of over 100,000 people at Independence Square
January 26, 2014
Who Stands with the People of Ukraine?
Guest post by William Risch In a December 25 interview with the magazine Foreign Policy, heavyweight world boxing champion Vitaly Klychko explained the significance of
December 31, 2013
A Euro Revolution for the Long Haul?
Guest post by William Risch I was in Kyiv December 14-22 to witness what has now been called Ukraine’s “Euro Revolution.” While Western media focused
December 27, 2013
Ukraine’s “Warm Ocean Strategy”
Oleksiy Arestovych is a family psychologist and contributor to the Internet newspaper in Kyiv, Ukrains’ka Pravda. His op-ed piece, published as “Стратегія теплого океану”
December 8, 2013
Pavlensky’s Body in Protest
This week’s Russia Magazine column, “The Power of Pavlensky’s Nailed Body,” The image of Petr Pavlensky sitting on the cold, wet cobblestone of Red Square
November 16, 2013
Midwifing Russia’s LGBT Movement
For my article in the Nation on Russian LGBT activism, “Repression and Gay Rights in Russia,” I interviewed Polina Adrianovna, an activist with the LGBT
September 27, 2013
Neutralizing the Russian Radical Left
This week’s Russia Magazine column, “The Kremlin’s War against the Russian Left,” Two weeks ago, Aleksandr Ivakhnik argued that over the last year Russia’s security
August 29, 2013
The Dynamics of Protest
This weeks Russia! Magazine column, “The Russian Opposition: Between Despair and Vanguard,” Earlier this month, Sergei Shelin wrote that a “perfect storm” threatens Russia. If that storm
August 15, 2013
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