August 3, 2017
Navalny
Navalny and the Left
A response to the responses to the Navalny question and the Russian Left.
August 2, 2017
Russia’s Mass Protests Five Years On
Guest: Marc Bennetts on I’m Going to Ruin Their Lives: Inside Putin’s War on Russia’s Opposition.
January 16, 2017
The Kremlin’s Electoral Coup
This week’s Russia! Magazine column, “Sobyanin Wins! Navalny Wins! The Kremlin Wins?” I felt something strange while watching Sunday’s Moscow mayoral election: excitement. It had
September 12, 2013
Navalny and Neoliberalism
My latest for Russia! Magazine, “Navalny’s Neoliberalism,” It’s no surprise that Alexei Navalny has come under the political microscope since his mayoral bid took off.
August 1, 2013
On Navalny
Aleksei Navalny gets five years in prison. I’m shocked but not surprised. Shocked because I keep thinking that with each case, each showdown with the political
July 18, 2013
Another Medvedev “Liberal” Purged
Another member of Medvedev’s camp has left the building. Sergei Guriev, the renown economist, Medvedev advisor, and rector of the New Economic School in Moscow
May 29, 2013
Navalny the Unifier
It’s a few days old, but I wanted to draw readers’ attention to an article I wrote for the Exiled on Alexei Navalny as a
December 30, 2011
United Russia pays PR firm to target Navalny
Given that Russian anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny coined “The Party of Liars and Thieves” as a euphemism for United Russia, it was only a matter
October 16, 2011
Against Liars and Thieves
The Russian non-party opposition is trying to figure out what to do about the Duma elections in December. Boycott? Lampoon? Participate? Vote for anyone except
September 14, 2011
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