September 2, 2019 Alex Gibney’s Citizen K Captivates Venice Film Festival Gibney’s best work ‘in a decade’ stuns Venice
July 22, 2019 Why Russia’s Defence Industry Complex Can’t Pay Off Its Debts Enterprises in the defence industry complex (DIC) have two trillion rubles ($31.78 billion) of debt. There is no way they can pay off this debt: they’ll write it off and then hush it up.
July 17, 2019 Thousands March as Kremlin Obstruction of City Elections Exposed Impassioned Muscovites march in support of democratic choice.
July 12, 2019 Can The Moscow Elections Save Russia from Revolution? Real change after city elections could diffuse tensions in Russia.
July 11, 2019 Fake Candidates, Queues and a Very Important Deputy. The Petrogradsky Plot. The story of one St Petersburg activist’s fight to get on the ballot sheet
July 11, 2019 Why the Russian Local Elections Matter Grassroots politics can revive belief that change is possible
July 1, 2019 Russian Return to PACE Divides Europe, Safeguards Activists Decision praised by activists, despite sharp criticism from post-Soviet bloc
June 13, 2019 Ivan Golunov: a Lone Victory or the Catalyst for Change? Can Russian civil society use this momentum to achieve long-lasting change?
May 17, 2019 Yekaterinburg: a battle of kings and lords The battle for public spaces unnerves the Kremlin
May 14, 2019 Political Prisoner Defies Kremlin by Seeking Election to City Council The Kremlin miscalculates the perseverance of civil activists in Russian society today
May 3, 2019 Open Russia Director Jailed During Police Violence on May Day On 1 May 2019, thousands of people across Russia took …
April 16, 2019 Kremlin Political Repression Finds New Victims Yana Antonova becomes third person charged under undesirable organisation laws