On the Barricades podcast focused on the political developments in Russia and the figure of Alexei Navalny in its 31 January 2021 episodeThe Barricade
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Bleak prospects for feminism in Russia
Lyubov Kalugina is facing serious charges for her postings online. She is has allegedly breached the article 282 of the Russian penal code which forbids “incitement of hatred or enmity and abasement of human dignity”. In December 2018 she sat down with Maria Cernat to discuss the postings in question.Combating
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Russia after the elections
There is a historical anecdote that Tsar Peter I could not find a good minister of treasury. All the candidates were either stupid or thieves. When he thought he finally found the right man, he told him to kiss an icon, kneel down and swear that he would carry out
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Putin and then who?
One cannot take the Polish media seriously. Especially when they “debate” Russia. Maciej WiśniowskiVishnyovski is a longstanding Polish investigative journalist and political commentator. He began his career in the `80 contributing for many youth media outlets. In the beginning of the `90 he began working for one the most popular
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